title: Epicardial adipose tissue thickness in young Indian overweight and obese individuals.
abstract: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been found to be an important reliable marker for future coronary events. Deposition of the EAT in young individuals is not well known. We studied EAT in 25 young overweight or obese individuals. In spite of the high visceral fat and total body fat, EAT thickness was not found to be high in the participants of our study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Aa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Kb
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chakravarthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Ag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vora
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gopee
keywords: Echocardiography; Epicardial fat; Obesity; Young Indians