Key result
In sedentary subjects, intermuscular and epicardial adipose tissues showed stronger positive associations with increasing age (β=0.63 and 0.67, respectively, p<0.001) than with waist circumference.
Population
32 sedentary subjects without cardiovascular disease (18 men; 14 women; mean age 48.5 ± 14 years)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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IMAT's age-varying links to insulin resistance may refine risk assessment; leaves open independent prognostic value in prospective studies.
Cross-Sectional (n=32)
No
Effect estimate: β = 0.63
p-value: p=<0.001
In sedentary subjects, the expansion of intermuscular and epicardial adipose tissue is more strongly related to age than to waist circumference, with associations to central obesity measures present only in younger individuals.
Guglielmi et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Sedentary subjects without cardiovascular disease (n=32). Increasing age was evaluated on Association of intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) with increasing age (β = 0.63, p=<0.001). In sedentary subjects, intermuscular and epicardial adipose tissues showed stronger positive associations with increasing age (β=0.63 and 0.67, respectively, p<0.001) than with waist circumference.
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