DXA-derived visceral adipose tissue reference values and metabolic syndrome risk threshold in an Algerian adult population

• Mohammed Hadi Bestaoui ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohammedhadi.bestaoui@univ-tlemcen.dz

  Affiliations Internal Medicine Department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria, Diabetes Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3994-3276

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• Ali Lounici,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Internal Medicine Department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria, Diabetes Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria

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• Amar Tebaibia,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, El Biar Hospital, Algiers, Algeria

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• Latifa Henaoui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology Department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria

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• Nawal Brikci-Nigassa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Diabetes Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria, Biochemistry Department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria

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• Houssem Baghous,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Diabetology and Endocrinology Department, Oran University Hospital, Oran, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-5984

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• Amel Bensefia

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Internal Medicine Department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria, Diabetes Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria

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