Association of familial Mediterranean fever and epicardial adipose tissue: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Some studies reported a positive link between familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and epicardial adipose tissue. Our meta-analysis aimed to evaluate whether there is a significant association between FMF and increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness.

Methods

We searched the following databases: PUBMED, WOS, OVID, SCOPUS, and EMBASE. Inclusion criteria were any original articles that reported epicardial adipose tissue in FMF patients with no age restriction, excluding reviews, case reports, editorials, animal studies, and non-English studies. Thirty eligible studies were screened full text but only five studies were suitable. We used RevMan software (5.4) for the meta-analysis.

Results

The total number of patients included in the meta-analysis in

SUBMITTER: Motawea KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9193962 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature