title: [The role of epicardial fat and obesity parameters in the prediction of coronary heart disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To assess the relationship of parameters of obesity in relationship to coronary angiography findings with correlation of epicardial fat (EF) thickness in uppermentioned context.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 80 patients examined (43 males, 37 postmenopausal females) undergoing elective coronary angiography. We examined the regular obesity parameters - BMI, waist circumference (WC), neck circumference (NC), total body fat (TBF), and visceral fat (VF) using bioimpedance. We assessed the echocardiographically measured EF thickness. We added examination of lipidogram, glycaemia, HOMA-IR (insulin resistance index) and AIP (aterogenic index of plasma). The set was divided into group with coronarographically proved stenosis or stenoses (withCS), and a group without finding of quantifiable stenosis or stenoses (withoutCS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average thickness of EF in withCS group was 6.3 vs 5.6 mm in group withoutCS (p < 0.025). The differences in the thickness of EF in mentioned groups were 6.5 vs 5.2 mm in males (p < 0.025, = 20 %) and 6.1 vs 6.0 mm in females (p < 0.025, = 1.64 %). In males in withCS group, there was a dominant fat increase in epicardial region and TBF, and in females in withCS group, the fat deposits were increased in general. BMI was not a dominant parameter of adiposity in neither group (males in withCS group 31.11 vs withoutCS 30.41 kg/m(2); females in withCS group 31.40 vs withoutCS 31.20 kg/m(2)). EF was correlated the most by WC in males (r = 0.488; p < 0.005), and in females too (r = 0.564, p < 0.005). The patients in withCS group had increased HOMA-IR 4.75 vs 3.56 in withoutCS group, and AIP 0.22 vs 0.17.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thickness of EF in males and VT in females could be considered obesity parameters in assessment of pre-clinical stages of coronary atherosclerosis and prediction of risk of coronary heart disease. In adipose parameters, EF thickness was correlated the most by WC. Risk stratification of coronary artery disease is supplemented by increased HOMA-IR and AIP.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prídavková
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kantárová
authors.forename: Renáta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lišková
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Červeň
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kovář
authors.forename: Marián
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokáň
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055105:Waist Circumference