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. 2017 Aug 17;12(8):e0183523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183523

Fig 5. Relationships between the different methods of determination of total adipose tissue.

Fig 5

Thirty mice (body weight ranging from 26 to 36g) were used. In each animal, the proportion of adipose tissue was measured with bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS), micro-computed tomography (μCT) and by direct post-mortem tissue weigh as described in Material and Methods. Theoretical adipose tissue weight was calculated from body weight and BIS or μCT data. (a) Correlation between the body weight of animals and the proportion of total fat mass estimated by BIS and μCT. (b-e) Correlations between the weight of harvested adipose tissue and the proportion of fat mass estimated by BIS (b) or μCT (d) and between the weight of harvested adipose tissue and the theoretical calculated adipose tissue weight obtained by BIS (c) or μCT (e). (f) Correlation between total adipose tissue estimated by BIS and μCT. r is the Pearson correlation coefficient.