Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Proton-density fat fraction (PDFF), derived from chemical shift encoding-based water-fat magnetic resonance imaging, has emerged as an important surrogate method for calculation of fat composition in a number of tissues including liver, vertebrae and muscles. This study aims to determine whether fat composition of these tissues, as well as visceral and subcutaneous adiposity differ between women with PCOS and healthy controls.Methods: 17 lean...