Background: A single axial image measured between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae (L4-
L5) is most frequently chosen to approximate total abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT)
volume, but growing evidence suggests that this measurement site is not ideal. Objective:
The objective was to determine the single magnetic resonance (MR) image that best
approximates the total VAT volume in a biracial sample of healthy subjects. Design: We
used contiguous abdominal MR images to measure VAT area and summed them to …