Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is considered the gold standard to evaluate BC, even if it requires the use of radiations, an expensive equipment and cannot be performed at the patient’s bedside. Nutritional ultrasound (NU) evaluates BC through the assessment of muscle mass and the abdominal subcutaneous (superficial and deep-layer) and visceral adipose tissue. We aimed at comparing the accuracy and reliability of this emerging tool with DXA in ...