Abdominal visceral fat thickness measured by ultrasonography predicts the presence and severity of coronary artery disease

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1769-1775

  Hamagawa, Kosuke ^a   Matsumura, Yoshihisa ^a   Kubo, Toru ^a   Hayato, Kayo ^a   Okawa, Makoto ^a   Tanioka, Katsutoshi ^a   Yamasaki, Naohito ^a   Kitaoka, Hiroaki ^a   Yabe, Toshikazu ^a   Nishinaga, Masanori ^a   Doi, Yoshinori L ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal visceral fat; Coronary artery disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASED VESSELS; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; METABOLIC SYNDROMES; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; ODDS RATIOS; RISK FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; VISCERAL FAT;

HEART; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77958151078     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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