Cardiovascular fat in women at midlife: effects of race, overall adiposity, and central adiposity. The SWAN Cardiovascular Fat Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cardiovascular fat (CF) is associated with greater coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Postmenopausal women have greater CF volumes than premenopausal women, and the association between specific CF depot volumes and CHD risk is more pronounced after menopause. Race, central adiposity, and visceral adiposity are important factors that could impact CF volumes. Whether racial differences in CF volumes and in their associations with central (visceral fat [VAT]) and general adiposity (body mass index [BMI]) exist in midlife women have not been addressed before.

Methods

In all, 524 participants from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (mean age: 50.9 ± 2.9 years; 62% White and 38% Black) who had data on CF volumes (epicardial fat [EAT], paracardial fat [PAT], t

SUBMITTER: Hanley C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735027 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature