Epicardial adipose tissue relating to anthropometrics, metabolic derangements and fatty liver disease independently contributes to serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein beyond body fat composition: A study validated with computed tomography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Lai, Yau Huei ^a,d   Yun, Chun Ho ^b   Yang, Fei Shih ^b   Liu, Chuan Chuan ^a   Wu, Yih Jer ^a,d,e   Kuo, Jen Yuan ^a,d   Yeh, Hung I ^a,d,e   Lin, Tin Yu ^b   Bezerra, Hiram G ^h   Shih, Shou Chuan ^c,d   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a,d   Hung, Chung Lieh ^a,d,f,g  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Fatty liver disease; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM ADIPOSE TISSUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMORBIDITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 84856094479     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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