Preperitoneal fat thickness determined by ultrasonography is correlated with coronary stenosis and lipid disorders in non-obese male subjects.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the relationship between preperitoneal fat thickness (PFT) determined by ultrasonography and the risk of coronary arterial disease, 130 non-obese patients with ischemic heart disease (77 men and 53 women) were examined.


RESULTS
There was a positive correlation between PFT and coronary artery stenosis score (r = 0.212, P < 0.05). After dividing the patients by gender, the correlation was recognized only in men (r = 0.246, P< 0.05). Also, PFT was positively correlated to serum total cholesterol (r = 0.259, P < 0.01), triglyceride (r = 0.205, P < 0.05) and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol (r = 0.205, P < 0.05), and negatively correlated to serum high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (r = -0.261, P < 0.01). Again, these correlations were found only in men, not in women.


CONCLUSIONS
PFT shows good correlations with coronary artery stenosis score and dyslipidemia, and may lead to the development of coronary artery disease in non-obese male subjects.
Tadokoro
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan.
Murano
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S
Nishide
T
T
Suzuki
R
R
Watanabe
S
S
Murayama
H
H
Morisaki
N
N
Saito
Y
Y
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014463:Ultrasonography
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol