Correlation between epicardial fat thickness by echocardiography and other parameters in obese adolescents

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 471-478

  Kim, Sung Jin ^a   Kim, Hae Soon ^a   Jung, Jo Won ^b   Kim, Nam Su ^c   Noh, Chung Il ^d   Hong, Young Mi ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL FAT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865346785     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2012.42.7.471     Document Type: Article

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