Change in CT-measured abdominal subcutaneous and visceral but not thigh fat areas predict future insulin sensitivity

We examined the longitudinal association between change in body composition directly measured by computed tomography (CT) and future insulin sensitivity.This was a prospective study with 10 years of follow-up with 297 Japanese-American without diabetes. Intra-abdominal fat area (IAFA) and abdominal subcutaneous fat area (SCFA), and thigh SCFA were measured by CT. Insulin sensitivity was calculated by HOMA-IR and the Matsuda index.Baseline and...