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The volume of the thigh adipose tissue was estimated using magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) and anthropometric measurements. Eighty-seven physically well-developed men aged 18–45 years participated in the experiment. The MRT estimate of the thigh fat volume was 2206 ± 882 cm3. The results were used to derive two multiple linear regression equations for calculating the thigh adipose tissue volume from anthropometric parameters. The correlation coefficient between the thigh adipose tissue volumes calculated from the equation and measured by MRT was r = 0.97.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Voronov, Yu.S. Lemesheva, D.V. Ustyuzhanin, 2009, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 125—131.
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Voronov, A.V., Lemesheva, Y.S. & Ustyuzhanin, D.V. Magnetic resonance tomography measurement of the thigh adipose tissue volume in men. Hum Physiol 35, 374–380 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119709030141
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