Relationship between sudden natural death and abdominal fat evaluated on postmortem CT scans
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Relationship between sudden natural death and abdominal fat evaluated on postmortem CT scans
OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between sudden natural death and abdominal fat using postmortem computed tomography (CT) scans. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Postmortem CT images at the umbilical level of 241 subjects were used to measure abdominal areas of subcutaneous- and visceral fat, the rate of visceral fat and the waist circumference. Of the study subjects, 174 died of sudden natu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Science & Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2055-2238
DOI: 10.1002/osp4.99