Compartmental fat distribution in the abdomen of dogs relative to overall body fat composition

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 2 Pearson’s correlations between total body fat percentage (DXA Fat %), age, body weight, BCS and CT measurements of subcutaneous and visceral fat volume in 22 mixed-breed dogs

Trait	Weight	BCS	DXA Fat %	CT AB Fat %	CT Rel AB Fat %	CT V Fat %	CT Rel V Fat %	CT Fat SQ %	CT Rel SQ Fat %	V/SQ
Age	−0.104	0.116	0.533*	0.524*	0.041	0.676**	0.486*	0.341	−0.291	0.676**
Weight		0.213	−0.384	0.078	0.749**	0.038	0.527*	0.102	0.659**	− 0.065
BCS			0.419	0.439*	0.063	0.400	0.113	0.421	0.007	0.156
DXA total body fat percentage (%)				0.818**	−0.153	0.777**	0.106	0.760**	−0.287	0.311
CT total abdominal fat percentage (%)^a					0.430*	0.924**	0.536*	0.950**	0.211	0.295
CT relative abdominal fat percentage (%)^b						0.328	0.719**	0.464*	0.869*	−0.059
CT visceral fat percentage (%)^a							0.692**	0.758**	−0.040	0.624**
CT relative visceral fat percentage (%)^b								0.348	0.280	0.641
CT SQ fat percentage (%)^a									0.393	−0.008
CT relative SQ fat percentage (%)^b										−0.538**

BCS body condition score, CT computed tomography, DXA Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, SQ abdominal subcutaneous; V/SQ visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio
Correlation coefficients with * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01
^a fat percentage calculated by regional fat mass relative to total body mass
^b fat percentage calculated by regional fat mass relative to total body fat mass

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