Estimating Waist and Hip Circumference from Routine Clinical DXA

Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 582 - 587
Published: Oct 1, 2020
Abstract
Introduction: Waist circumference and waist:hip ratio have body mass index-independent detrimental effects on health and mortality. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans of the lumbar spine and hip can provide site-specific measures of soft-tissue thickness, and we hypothesized that this could be used to opportunistically estimate body circumference in patients undergoing DXA for osteoporosis assessment. Methodology: We assessed the...
Paper Details
Title
Estimating Waist and Hip Circumference from Routine Clinical DXA
Published Date
Oct 1, 2020
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
582 - 587
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