What You Get in Your Prenuvo Body Composition Report
When you choose to get a body composition analysis along with your whole body MRI, you’re getting even more data about what’s going on inside your body. Our medical team views a report like this as a powerful biomarker of health and risk. If you’re still undecided on whether a body composition analysis report is for you, read our pieces on why you should be tracking your body composition and why tracking your BMI is becoming irrelevant.
Here’s what you can expect to get in your Prenuvo body composition report, plus how it compares to some of the other options out there:
Whole Body Report Summary
An overview of your basic vital information along with the key measurements of everything listed below.
Visceral Fat
A measurement of body fat stored within the abdominal cavity, surrounding vital organs such as the liver, pancreas, and intestines. High levels of visceral fat are known to be associated with increased risks of metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and more.
Subcutaneous Fat
A measurement of the layer of fat located just beneath the skin's surface. Subcutaneous fat plays an important role in hormone regulation and acts as an energy reserve and insulation for the body.
Liver Fat Analysis including a Liver Fat Distribution Map and Liver Fat Grade
Liver fat refers to the accumulation of fats, primarily triglycerides, within the liver cells. The Liver Fat Distribution Map visually displays fat distribution spanning the entire liver from bottom to top using colors like blue for lower fat and red for higher fat content. And your Liver Fat Grade provides you with a score: Normal, Mild, Moderate, and Severe. High levels of liver fat can be a sign of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a common and serious condition.
Abdominal Organ Assessment
A measure of the size of your liver, spleen, and kidneys. The size of your organs can change over time and vary from person to person. Monitoring organ size can be helpful in tracking changes that could be signs of organ inflammation or tumors.
Total Muscle Volume
A measurement, in millters (mL), of how much skeletal muscle you have throughout the body. Higher muscle mass levels are associated with better metabolic health and physical resilience while declining muscle mass is associated with poorer health.
Lower Body and Hip Muscles
A measurement of the muscle mass in your legs and hips. Maintaining lower body and hip muscle volume is important for supporting your posture, improving mobility, balance, and stability, preventing injury, and enhancing physical performance. Your report will include measures of your iliopsoas, piriformis, glutes, thighs, and calf muscles.
Symmetry Analysis of Lower Body Muscles
A measurement of how balanced or imbalanced opposing muscles are to each other. While it’s completely natural for the body to have some imbalances or asymmetries, the more symmetrical the better. When there is symmetry between muscles, the body is more biomechanically optimal which can improve injury prevention, posture, function efficiency, and athletic performance. Fitness programs that prioritize unilateral movements and exercises (or targeting one side of the body at a time) can help rebalance muscle groups.
Leg Muscles Relative to Bone Length Analysis
A measurement that looks at muscle size relative to bone length. For example, how much muscle is in your thighs and calves compared to the length of your femur and tibia bones. The amount of muscle volume to bone length can be an indication of musculoskeletal health, fitness, and functional capacity.
Understanding Your Results
Throughout your report, you’ll receive a series of population bars and graphs with a black dot that indicates your measurement and where you are in comparison to others in the general population.
The information provided in the report is intended to assist qualified healthcare providers in the diagnosis and monitoring of metabolic diseases, muscle diseases and metabolic components of diseases in a general population and should not solely be used as a tool for detection or diagnosis of any medical condition.
You can share your report with your healthcare provider for any insights on whether or not any interventions are needed. For example, your hepatologist could advise you on the state of your liver. Your orthopedic specialist could advise on any musculoskeletal issues or abnormalities. And your physical therapist could advise on how to rebalance any muscular imbalances or asymmetries.
Prenuvo Body Composition Analysis vs. Other Body Composition Analysis’
To learn more about a whole body MRI with a body composition analysis, click here.
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