Epicardial Fat Volume Assessed by MRI in Adolescents: Associations with Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT: Background: In adults, epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is associated with metabolic syndrome (MS) and coronary artery disease. EAT thickness is increased in obese youth, but total EAT volume and its correlation with cardiovascular risk factors have not been studied. Objectives: To determine EAT volume in adolescents and its association with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study including 48 pubertal adolescents (24 obese and 24 lean subjects, aged 13.6 ± 1.5 yr). EAT volume as well as visceral and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue volumes were obtained by magnetic resonance imaging. Anthropometrical parameters; blood pressure (BP); fasting serum triglycerides; total and low- and high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) chole

SUBMITTER: Wacker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11678636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature