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Impact of Body Mass Index on the relationship of epicardial adipose tissue to metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in an Asian population by Jin-Sun Park; Sung-Gyun Ahn; Jung-Won Hwang; Hong-Seok Lim; Byoung-Joo Choi; So-Yeon Choi; Myeong-Ho Yoon; Gyo-Seung Hwang; Seung-Jea Tahk; Joon-Han Shin is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background In a previous study, we demonstrated that the thickness of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), measured by echocardiography, was increased in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Several studies on obese patients, however, failed to demonstrate any relationship between EAT and CAD. We hypothesized that body mass index (BMI) affected the link between EAT and MS and CAD. ## Methods We consecutively enrolled 643 patients (302 males, 341 females; 59 ± 11 years), who underwent echocardiography and coronary angiography. The EAT thickness was measured on the free wall of the right ventricle at the end of diastole. All patients were divided into two groups: high BMI group, ≥27 kg/m^2^ (n = 165), and non-high BMI group, < 27 kg/m^2^ (n = 478). ## Results The median and mean EAT thickness of 643 patients were 3.0 mm and 3.1 ± 2.4 mm, respectively. In the non-high BMI group, the median EAT thickness was significantly increased in patients with MS compared to those without MS (3.5 vs. 1.9 mm, p < 0.001). In the high BMI group, however, there was no significant difference in the median EAT thickness between patients with and without MS
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- Author
- Jin-Sun Park; Sung-Gyun Ahn; Jung-Won Hwang; Hong-Seok Lim; Byoung-Joo Choi; So-Yeon Choi; Myeong-Ho Yoon; Gyo-Seung Hwang; Seung-Jea Tahk; Joon-Han Shin
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2002-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1475-2840)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)