Association of Periaortic Fat and Abdominal Visceral Fat with Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Chinese Middle Aged and Elderly Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

• Main Authors: Jingqi Zhu (Author), Zhangwei Yang (Author), Xiaolin Li (Author), Xiaoli Chen (Author), Jingjiang Pi (Author), Tao Zhuang (Author), Jie Liu (Author), Gang Li (Author), Sheng Peng (Author), Lin Zhang (Author), Qi Zhang (Author), Paul Chan (Author), Brian Tomlinson (Author), Huimin Fan (Author), Liang Zheng (Author), Zhongmin Liu (Author), Yuzhen Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aims: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is usually caused by atherosclerosis, which is associated with general obesity and stronger associations with localized ectopic fat depots have been reported. We measured body ectopic fat distribution in Chinese patients to determine the association...