Selim Kul1, Ayşegül Karadeniz2, İhsan Dursun1, Sinan Şahin1, Ömer Faruk Çırakoğlu1, Muhammet Raşit Sayın1, Turhan Turan1, Ahmet Hakan Ateş3. 1. Department of Cardiology. 2. Department of Radiology, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi (University of Health Sciences), Trabzon Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Research and Application Center, Trabzon 61040. 3. Department of Cardiology, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi (University of Health Sciences), Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun 55000 61040, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate whether non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD) is associated with epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), which is a kind of ectopic fat accumulation, and aortic intima-media thickness (aIMT), which is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. METHODS: Fifty-four patients with NAFPD (22 men; mean age: 52 ± 10 years) and 49 without NAFPD (16 men; mean age: 49 ± 8 years) were included in this study. NAFPD and aIMT were evaluated using transabdominal ultrasonography (TUS). EAT was evaluated with transthoracic echocardiography. RESULTS: EAT (6.09 ± 1.52 mm and 3.87 ± 1.31 mm, p < 0.001) and aIMT [1.12 (0.60-1.90) mm vs. 0.93 (0.50-1.44) mm, p < 0.001] were significantly higher in the NAFPD positive subjects, compared to the NAFPD negative subjects. Multivariate analysis showed that age (p = 0.016), body mass index (p = 0.004), and presence of NAFPD (p = 0.024) were associated with increased aIMT. In addition, multivariate analysis demonstrated that the presence of NAFPD (p < 0.001) was associated with increased EAT. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of NAFPD on TUS is associated with increased aIMT and EAT. Our study results may suggest that NAFPD may reflect subclinical atherosclerosis and may be a simple warning sign for physicians.
BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate whether non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD) is associated with epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), which is a kind of ectopic fat accumulation, and aortic intima-media thickness (aIMT), which is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. METHODS: Fifty-four patients with NAFPD (22 men; mean age: 52 ± 10 years) and 49 without NAFPD (16 men; mean age: 49 ± 8 years) were included in this study. NAFPD and aIMT were evaluated using transabdominal ultrasonography (TUS). EAT was evaluated with transthoracic echocardiography. RESULTS: EAT (6.09 ± 1.52 mm and 3.87 ± 1.31 mm, p < 0.001) and aIMT [1.12 (0.60-1.90) mm vs. 0.93 (0.50-1.44) mm, p < 0.001] were significantly higher in the NAFPD positive subjects, compared to the NAFPD negative subjects. Multivariate analysis showed that age (p = 0.016), body mass index (p = 0.004), and presence of NAFPD (p = 0.024) were associated with increased aIMT. In addition, multivariate analysis demonstrated that the presence of NAFPD (p < 0.001) was associated with increased EAT. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of NAFPD on TUS is associated with increased aIMT and EAT. Our study results may suggest that NAFPD may reflect subclinical atherosclerosis and may be a simple warning sign for physicians.
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