Visceral Fat Quantified by a Fully Automated Deep-Learning Algorithm and Risk of Incident and Recurrent Diverticulitis.

Journal: Diseases of the colon and rectum
Published Date: Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for diverticulitis. However, it remains unclear whether visceral fat area, a more precise measurement of abdominal fat, is associated with the risk of diverticulitis.

Authors

  • Jane Ha
    Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Christopher P Bridge
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, USA.
  • Katherine P Andriole
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (W.F.W., M.T.C., K.M., S.A.G., E.G., M.H.R., G.C.G., K.P.A.); and MGH & BWH Center for Clinical Data Science, Boston, Mass (W.F.W., M.T.C., K.M., K.P.A.).
  • Avinash Kambadakone
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: akambadakone@mgh.harvard.edu.
  • Marissa J Clark
    Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Anvesh Narimiti
    Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Michael H Rosenthal
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (W.F.W., M.T.C., K.M., S.A.G., E.G., M.H.R., G.C.G., K.P.A.); and MGH & BWH Center for Clinical Data Science, Boston, Mass (W.F.W., M.T.C., K.M., K.P.A.).
  • Florian J Fintelmann
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
  • Randy L Gollub
    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
  • Edward L Giovannucci
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, BostoN; Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
  • Lisa L Strate
    Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
  • Wenjie Ma
    School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, China.
  • Andrew T Chan
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

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