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7 March 2022 Seasonal differences in brown adipose tissue vascular density determined using total hemoglobin concentration in the supraclavicular region among Japanese healthy adults
Sayuri Fuse, Miyuki Kuroiwa, Riki Tanaka, Tasuki Endo, Ryotaro Kime, Yuko Kurosawa, Takafumi Hamaoka
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Abstract
We examined the seasonal variation of brown adipose tissue vascular density (BAT-d), which was estimated using total hemoglobin concentration in the supraclavicular region, in healthy subjects (9 men and 10 women) from November 2016 to November 2017. Generally, BAT-d was significantly higher in winter than in summer for all subjects. Although monthly BAT-d was significantly different for a year, no statistically significant difference was found from November to April. In conclusion, there was a seasonal variation of BAT-d from summer to winter and a lack of variation during late fall to the middle of spring among healthy subjects.
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Sayuri Fuse, Miyuki Kuroiwa, Riki Tanaka, Tasuki Endo, Ryotaro Kime, Yuko Kurosawa, and Takafumi Hamaoka "Seasonal differences in brown adipose tissue vascular density determined using total hemoglobin concentration in the supraclavicular region among Japanese healthy adults", Proc. SPIE PC11956, Biophotonics in Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, Health Monitoring Technologies, and Wearables III, PC119560A (7 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608586
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KEYWORDS
Tissues

Gold

Ionizing radiation

Photonics

Time resolved spectroscopy

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