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ArticleNutrients2024

Influence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome on Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Rural Spanish Children and Adolescents.

Isabel María Blancas Sánchez, Cristhian H Aristizábal-Duque, Juan Fernández Cabeza, Manuel Vaquero Álvarez, Pilar Aparicio-Martínez, Manuel Vaquero Abellán, Martín Ruíz Ortiz, María Dolores Mesa Rubio, Francisco Javier Fonseca Del Pozo

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Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Isabel María Blancas SánchezCentro de Salud de Occidente Azahara, Street Campo, 14005 Córdoba, Spain.
Cristhian H Aristizábal-DuqueCardiology Department, Reina Sofia's University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8816-3143
Juan Fernández CabezaCardiology Department, Reina Sofia's University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Manuel Vaquero ÁlvarezGrupo Investigación GC09 Nutrigenomics, Metabolic Syndrome, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9730-6310
Pilar Aparicio-MartínezGrupo Investigación GE10 Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Primary Care, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2940-8697
Manuel Vaquero AbellánGrupo Investigación GE10 Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Primary Care, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0602-317X
Martín Ruíz OrtizCardiology Department, Reina Sofia's University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1479-7044
María Dolores Mesa RubioCardiology Department, Reina Sofia's University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Francisco Javier Fonseca Del PozoGrupo Investigación GE10 Clinical and Epidemiological Research in Primary Care, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4784-2670

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of visceral adipose tissue implies a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases than subcutaneous adiposity, the most dangerous heart fat. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) could have great potential as a detection indicator of cardiovascular diseases, although it has seldom been studied in Spanish children.

objectiveThe objective of the current research was to describe the values of EAT in a Spanish pediatric population and to investigate the associations between EAT and anthropometric measures, blood pressure, lipid and glucose profiles, and metabolic syndrome.

methodAn analytical cross-sectional study of elementary and high school students (aged 6 to 17) measured anthropometrics, blood pressure, lipid and glycemic profiles, and echocardiographic fat thickness. The analysis was based on regression and discriminant analysis.

resultsThe results of this study (N = 227) showed that the body mass index (BMI) was 20.29 ± 4.54, with an overweight set of 49.77%, and the percentage for metabolic syndrome was 5.3%. EAT was linked to being male, BMI percentile, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio (

conclusionsThis paper argues that in children with higher elevated EAT thickness values, this correlates with cardiovascular risk factors including high blood pressure, elevated LDL levels, and metabolic syndrome.

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Adipose TissueCardiovascular DiseasesHeart Disease Risk FactorsMetabolic SyndromePericardiumAdiposityAdolescentBlood PressureBody Mass IndexChildCross-Sectional StudiesEpicardial Adipose TissueFemaleHumansIntra-Abdominal FatMaleadolescentscardiovascular risk factorschildrenepicardial fatmetabolic syndrome

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PMCPMC11479227

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