Open AccessComparison of epicardial fat thickness between metabolically healthy and unhealthy obese women
Author(s) -
Duydu Ersan Demirci,
Deniz Demirci
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
türk kardiyoloji derneği arşivi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1016-5169
DOI - 10.5543/tkda.2021.75807
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , obesity , body mass index , circumference , metabolic syndrome , epicardial fat , adipose tissue , endocrinology , geometry , mathematics
Epicardial adipose tissue is suggested to play an important role in the progression of metabolic syndrome (MetS). There is not enough evidence regarding the relationship between echocardiographically measured epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and metabolic health status in women with equal obesity. In this study, we aimed to compare the echocardiographically measured EFT between metabolically healthy and unhealthy obese women with similar body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) values.