Ultrasound measures of abdominal fat layers correlate with metabolic syndrome features in patients with obesity.

Objective: Abdominal fat ultrasound (US) is a simple clinical tool that may allow measures of fat depots not visible using common dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or computerized tomography (CT) imaging. The aim of this study was to validate the technique, give measures of and , , and (retroperitoneal) fat and correlate them with MS markers.

Methods: Sequential US measures of these five abdominal fat layers were done at 397 adults.