Publicación

Concurrent validity of supraclavicular skin temperature measured with iButtons and infrared thermography as a surrogate marker of brown adipose tissue

  • JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
  • Autores
    Martinez-Tellez, B; Perez-Bey, A; Sanchez-Delgado, G; Acosta, FM; Corral-Perez, J; Arnaro-Gahete, FJ; Alcantara, JMA; Castro-Pinero, J; Jimenez-Pavon, D; Llamas-Elvira, JM; Ruiz, JR
  • Año Publicación
    2019
  • Volumen
    82
  • Pág. Inicio
    186
  • Pág. Fin
    196
  • Pág. Fin
    186
Referencia Citadas
35

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenic activity is commonly assessed with a positron emission tomography with computed tomography scan (PET/CT). This technique has several limitations and alternative techniques are needed. Supraclavicular skin temperature measured with iButtons and infrared thermography (IRT) has been proposed as an indirect marker of BAT activity. We studied the concurrent validity of skin temperature measured with iButtons vs. IRT and the association of supraclavicular skin temperature measured with iButtons and IRT with BAT. We measured skin temperature upon a shivering threshold test with iButtons and IRT in 6 different regions in 12 participants (n = 2 men). On a separate day, we determined supraclavicular skin temperature with an iButton and IRT after 2 h of a personalized cooling protocol. Thereafter, we quantified BAT volume and activity by PET/CT. We observed that the absolute differences between the devices were statistically different from 0 (all P < 0.05) after the shivering threshold test. Moreover, we did not find any association between supraclavicular skin temperature measured with iButtons or IRT and BAT F-18-FDG activity (r = -0.213; P = 0.530 and r = -0.079; P = 0.817). However, we observed a negative association of supraclavicular skin temperature measured by IRT with BAT F-18-FDG volume (r = -0.764; P = 0.006), but not with supraclavicular skin temperature measured with iButtons (r = -0.546; P = 0.082). In light of these results, we concluded that the measurement of skin temperature obtained by iButtons and IRT are not comparable. Furthermore, it seems that supraclavicular skin temperature is not associated with BAT F-18-FDG activity, but it appears to be negatively associated with BAT F-18-FDG volume in the case of IRT.


Web financiada por la Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), proyecto SOMM17/6107/UG

Web financiada por la Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), proyecto SOMM17/6107/UGR