Open AccessThe association of epicardial adipose tissue and the metabolic syndrome in community participants in South Africa
Author(s) -
Rosaley Prakaschandra,
D.P. Naidoo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_71_17
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , metabolic syndrome , adipose tissue , body mass index , logistic regression , confidence interval , epicardial adipose tissue , obesity , cohort , receiver operating characteristic , cardiology , demography , sociology
We sought to determine the association of echocardiographically derived epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness, which is a component of visceral adipose tissue, with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a cohort of randomly selected community participants.