Correlation between coronary atherosclerosis calcification and epicardial adipose tissue volume in patients with nephropathy

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  Figure 1.. Diagram of linear correlation between BMI and EAT volumes. Mean EAT volume in patients with BMI <22 kg/m2 was 95.23±40.53 mm3, which was significantly higher than that in patients with BMI ≥22 kg/m2 112.61±48.17 mm3. Linear correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between EAT volumes and BMI (r=0.61, p<0.05). EAT, epicardial adipose tissue.

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  Figure 2.. Diagram of linear correlation between calcification score and EAT volumes. Mean EAT volume in patients with calcification integral ≤50 was the smallest, followed by 51–200 group and 201–500 groups, and the volume in 501–1,000 group was the largest, while the EAT volume in >1,000 patients was significantly lower than that in 501–1,000 group and significantly higher than that in 201–500 group (p<0.05). Linear correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between EAT volumes and calcification scores (r=0.72, p<0.05). EAT, epicardial adipose tissue.

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  Figure 3.. Diagram of linear correlation between numbers of lesions and EAT volumes. EAT volumes increased significantly with the increase in number of lesions. Linear correlation analysis showed that EAT volume was positively correlated with the number of coronary lesions (r=0.64, p<0.05). EAT, epicardial adipose tissue.