Are pericardial fat, intrathoracic fat, and visceral abdominal fat associated with cardiovascular disease burden?
Pericardial fat and visceral abdominal fat are associated with cardiovascular disease independent of obesity measures, supporting the hypothesis that pericardial fat contributes to coronary atherosclerosis.
Pericardial fat and VAT, but not intrathoracic fat, are associated with CVD independent of traditional measures of obesity but not after further adjustment for traditional risk factor. Taken together with our prior work, these findings may support the hypothesis that pericardial fat contributes to coronary atherosclerosis.
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