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The relationship between coronary atherosclerosis and body fat distribution measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Authors
Park, SJ | Yang, HM  | Seo, KW  | Choi, SY  | Choi, BJ  | Yoon, MH  | Hwang, GS  | Tahk, SJ  | Sheen, SS  | Choi, BI | Lim, HS
Citation
Atherosclerosis, 248. : 190-195, 2016
Journal Title
Atherosclerosis
ISSN
0021-91501879-1484
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Body fat distribution is closely related to cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between truncal fat distribution and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS: Total body fat and regional body fat distributions were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 746 Korean patients who underwent coronary angiography. The ratios of truncal fat mass to total body fat mass (FMtrunk/FMtotal), truncal fat mass to fat mass in both legs (FMtrunk/FMleg) and truncal fat mass to fat mass in both arms (FMtrunk/FMarm) were calculated as representative parameters for truncal fat accumulation. The extent of coronary atherosclerosis was assessed using the Gensini score. RESULTS: The mean Gensini score of the patients was 21.3 +/- 24.4. FMtrunk/FMtotal, FMtrunk/FMleg and FMtrunk/FMarm revealed positive correlations with the Gensini score (r = 0.242, p < 0.001: r = 0.219, p < 0.001: r = 0.133, p < 0.001, respectively). In contrast, body mass index (BMI) and total body fat mass did not correlate with the Gensini score. On multiple regression analysis, FMtrunk/FMtotal was associated with the Gensini score independently of age, gender, BMI and major risk factors of coronary heart disease (B = 0.039, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Truncal fat distribution is associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis and more clinically relevant to that compared with total body fat or BMI in Korean patients.
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DOI
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.03.014
PMID
27018543
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Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Cardiology
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서, 경우  |  신, 승수  |  양, 형모  |  윤, 명호  |  임, 홍석  |  최, 병주  |  최, 소연  |  탁, 승제  |  황, 교승
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