MRI assessment of ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle in patients with obesity, overweight and normal BMI in correlation with the presence of central obesity and metabolic syndrome
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In the available literature, we did not find any information regarding the dynamics of fat accumulation in various organs aim of this study was to assess ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle in patients with obesity, overweight and normal BMI in correlation with metabolic
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- In the available literature, we did not find any information regarding the dynamics of fat accumulation in various organs
- aim of this study was to assess ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle in patients with obesity, overweight and normal BMI in correlation with metabolic syndrome (MetS)
- 267 consecutive patients who underwent a standard clinical assessment with BMI calculation
- most rapid relative fat accumulation was in muscle, then in pancreas and then in liver
- Higher steatosis of pancreas, liver, and muscle was demonstrated depending on the number of the satisfied MetS
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