Perirenal fat thickness measured with computed tomography is a reliable estimate of perirenal fat mass

Favre, G; Grangeon-Chapon, C; Raffaelli, C; Francois-Chalmin, F; Iannelli, A; Esnault, V

Favre, G (reprint author), Nice Univ Hosp, Nephrol Unit, Nice, France.; Favre, G (reprint author), Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France.; Favre, G (reprint author), Nice IRCAN, Inst Res Canc & Aging, Aging & Diabet team, Nice, France.

PLOS ONE, 2017; 12 (4):

Abstract

Deposition of perirenal adipose tissue has been associated with adverse renal and cardiovascular events. We compared various methods to measure perire......

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