Epicardial fat thickness is associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Korean men: A cross-sectional study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chun, Hyejin ^a   Suh, Eunkyung ^b   Byun, A Eunkyung ^a   Park, Hae Ran ^a   Shim, Kyung Won ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epicardial fat tissue; Low dose chest CT; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICARDIAL FAT THICKNESS; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84930198540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0210-7     Document Type: Article

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