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| Correlation research between pancreatic fat accumulation and abdominal fat through 64 rows of VCT |
| ZENG Yan-hong, REN Jin-jun, CHEN Yan-fang, MEN Ming, TENG Xue-rong, CHI Hong-wei |
| Department of Radiology, Huabei Oil Hospital, Renqiu Hebei 062552, China |
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Abstract Objective: To measure and analyze the amount of the fatty tissue in pancreas and abdominal fat content through 64 multislice VCT. Try to find out the relationship between abdominal obesity and pancreatic fat accumulation. Materials and Methods: The measurements of the relevant parameters in 81 healthy adults through 64 multislice VCT were analyzed retrospectively. The 81 healthy adults were divided into 3 groups that is normal, overweight and obesity groups, according to the body mass index(BMI). Firstly, the density of the pancreas and pancreatic volume were analyzed. Then the correlation between the density of pancreas and other related parameters were analyzed. Results: The density of pancreas in the normal group was obviously higher than those of the overweight and obesity groups, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.01). The difference of the pancreatic density between the overweight and obesity group also had statistical significance(P<0.05). The average density of the pancreas in the 81 healthy adults was (42.41±42.41) HU which was significantly negative correlated with age, abdominal fat content(P<0.001), but the correlation of the density of pancreas and the subcutaneous fat volume had no statistical significance(P>0.05). Conclusion: With the increase of abdominal fat, the pancreas volume change is not obvious, but the reduce of density of the pancreas is significant. Thus it is obvious that the degree of pancreas fatty infiltration increase closely with abdominal obesity.
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Received: 09 October 2013
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2014, Vol. 25 
