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EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
卷 29, 期 6, 页码 777-783出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm564
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epidemiology; CT and MRI; risk factors; imaging; lipid; lipoprotein metabolism
Aims To determine whether peri-coronary epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is associated with vascular risk factors and coronary atherosclerosis. Methods and results In this study, 573 healthy post-menopausal women underwent a cardiac CT scan to assess coronary calcification. Peri-coronary EAT thickness was measured in the areas of right coronary artery (RCA), left anterior descending (LAD) artery, and left circumflex (LCX) coronary artery. Average EAT thickness was 16.5 +/- 4.3 mm (range 5.9-34.6) in the RCA area, 6.4 +/- 2.2 mm (range 2.0-14.0) in the LAD area, and 10.8 +/- 3.0 mm (range 2.8-29.1) in the LCX area. Overall average thickness was 11.2 +/- 2.2 mm (range 5.4-19.1). EAT was positively related to age (P = 0.002). In age-adjusted linear regression models, EAT was positively related to weight (P < 0.001), waist circumference (P < 0.001), waist-to-hip ratio (P < 0.001), body mass index (P < 0.001), glucose (P < 0.001), triglycerides (P = 0.001), use of anti-hypertensive drugs (P = 0.007), and systolic blood pressure (P = 0.034), and inversely to HDL cholesterol (P = 0.005). In multivariable models, age, weight, waist circumference, smoking, and glucose were the main determinants of EAT. EAT showed a graded relation with coronary calcification (P = 0.026). Conclusion EAT is strongly related to vascular risk factors and coronary calcification. Our findings support the hypothesis that EAT affects coronary atherosclerosis and possibly coronary risk.
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