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Diagnostic performance of hypoechoic perinephric fat as a predictor of prediabetes and diabetes. Abdominal radiology (New York) Shen, L., Tse, J. R., Negrete, L. M., Shon, A., Yoon, L., Liang, T., Kamaya, A. 2022

Abstract

To evaluate prevalence and predictive value of hypoechoic perinephric fat (HPF) in patients with prediabetes and diabetes compared to non-diabetics.Of 240 patients with renal ultrasound and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurements, 114 patients had either prediabetes (HbA1c 5.7-6.4%) or diabetes (HbA1c?=?6.5%), and 126 patients did not. Two radiologists (blinded to diagnosis) reviewed images and discrepancies were resolved by a third. Inter-reader agreement was compared using free-marginal kappa and intraclass correlation coefficient. Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney test, multivariable logistic regression, and Spearman's rank correlation test with two-tailed p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s00261-022-03763-3

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