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Thoracic periaortic and visceral adipose tissue and their cross-sectional associations with measures of vascular function.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Perivascular fat may have a local adverse effect on the vasculature. We evaluated whether thoracic periaortic adipose tissue (TAT), a type of perivascular fat, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were associated with vascular function. DESIGN AND METHODS:TAT and VAT were quantified in Framingham Heart Study participants using multidetector-computed tomography; vascular function was assessed using brachial artery vasodilator function, peripheral arterial tone, and arterial tonometry (n = 2,735; 48% women; mean age, 50 years; mean body mass index [BMI], 27.7 kg/m(2) ). Using multiple linear regression, the relationships between TAT, VAT, and vascular measures was examined while adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors. RESULTS:Mean TAT and VAT volumes were 13.2 and 1763 cm(3) . TAT and VAT were associated with multiple vascular function measures after multivariable adjustment. After BMI adjustment, TAT and VAT remained negatively associated with peripheral arterial tone and inverse carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (P < 0.02); TAT was negatively associated with hyperemic mean flow velocity (P = 0.03). Associations of TAT with vascular function were attenuated after VAT adjustment (all P > 0.06). CONCLUSIONS:Thoracic periaortic and visceral fat are associated with microvascular function and large artery stiffness after BMI adjustment. These findings support the growing recognition of associations between ectopic fat and vascular function.

SUBMITTER: Britton KA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742564 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Thoracic periaortic and visceral adipose tissue and their cross-sectional associations with measures of vascular function.

Britton Kathryn A KA Wang Na N Palmisano Joseph J Corsini Erin E Schlett Christopher L CL Hoffmann Udo U Larson Martin G MG Vasan Ramachandran S RS Vita Joseph A JA Mitchell Gary F GF Benjamin Emelia J EJ Hamburg Naomi M NM Fox Caroline S CS

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20130611 7

<h4>Objective</h4>Perivascular fat may have a local adverse effect on the vasculature. We evaluated whether thoracic periaortic adipose tissue (TAT), a type of perivascular fat, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were associated with vascular function.<h4>Design and methods</h4>TAT and VAT were quantified in Framingham Heart Study participants using multidetector-computed tomography; vascular function was assessed using brachial artery vasodilator function, peripheral arterial tone, and arterial ...[more]

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Project description:ObjectivesAbdominal fat has been identified as a risk marker of cardiometabolic disease independent of overall adiposity. However, it is not clear whether there are ethnic disparities in this risk. We investigated the associations of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) with cardiometabolic risk factors in three ethnic diverse populations of Inuit, Africans and Europeans.DesignCross-sectional pooled study.SettingGreenland, Kenya and Denmark.MethodsA total of 5113 participants (2933 Inuit, 1397 Africans and 783 Europeans) from three studies in Greenland, Kenya and Denmark were included. Measurements included abdominal fat distribution assessed by ultrasound, oral glucose tolerance test, hepatic insulin resistance, blood pressure and lipids. The associations were analysed using multiple linear regressions.ResultsAcross ethnic group and gender, an increase in VAT of 1 SD was associated with higher levels of hepatic insulin resistance (ranging from 14% to 28%), triglycerides (8% to 16%) and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C, -1.0 to -0.05 mmol/L) independent of body mass index. VAT showed positive associations with most of the other cardiometabolic risk factors in Inuit and Europeans, but not in Africans. In contrast, SAT was mainly associated with the outcomes in Inuit and Africans. Of notice was that higher SAT was associated with higher HDL-C in African men (0.11 mmol/L, 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.18) and with lower HDL-C in Inuit (-0.07 mmol/L, 95% CI: -0.12 to -0.02), but not in European men (-0.02 mmol/L, 95% CI: -0.09 to 0.05). Generally weaker associations were observed for women. Furthermore, the absolute levels of several of the cardiometabolic outcomes differed between the ethnic groups.ConclusionsVAT and SAT were associated with several of the cardiometabolic risk factors beyond overall adiposity. Some of these associations were specific to ethnicity, suggesting that ethnicity plays a role in the pathway from abdominal fat to selected cardiometabolic risk factors.

Project description:Purpose To assess periaortic adipose tissue attenuation at CT angiography in different abdominal aortic aneurysm disease states. Materials and Methods In a retrospective observational study from January 2018 to December 2022, periaortic adipose tissue attenuation was assessed at CT angiography in patients with asymptomatic or symptomatic (including rupture) abdominal aortic aneurysms and controls without aneurysms. Adipose tissue attenuation was measured using semiautomated software in periaortic aneurysmal and nonaneurysmal segments of the abdominal aorta and in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue. Periaortic adipose tissue attenuation values between the three groups were assessed using Student t tests and Wilcoxon rank sum tests followed by a multiregression model. Results Eighty-eight individuals (median age, 70 years [IQR, 65-78]; 78 male and 10 female patients) were included: 70 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (40 asymptomatic and 30 symptomatic, including 24 with rupture) and 18 controls. There was no evidence of differences in the periaortic adipose tissue attenuation in the aneurysmal segment in asymptomatic patients versus controls (-81.44 HU ± 7 [SD] vs -83.27 HU ± 9; P = .43) and attenuation in nonaneurysmal segments between asymptomatic patients versus controls (-75.43 HU ± 8 vs -78.81 HU ± 6; P = .08). However, symptomatic patients demonstrated higher periaortic adipose tissue attenuation in both aneurysmal (-57.85 HU ± 7; P < .0001) and nonaneurysmal segments (-58.16 HU ± 8; P < .0001) when compared with the other two groups. Conclusion Periaortic adipose tissue CT attenuation was not increased in stable abdominal aortic aneurysm disease. There was a generalized increase in attenuation in patients with symptomatic disease, likely reflecting the systemic consequences of acute rupture. Keywords: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Periaortic Adipose Tissue Attenuation, CT Angiography ClinicalTrials.gov registration no. NCT02229006 © RSNA, 2024.

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Thoracic periaortic and visceral adipose tissue and their cross-sectional associations with measures of vascular function.

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Thoracic periaortic and visceral adipose tissue and their cross-sectional associations with measures of vascular function.

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