Correlation between Epicardial Fat Thickness and Clinical and Anthropometric Variables in an Elderly Population

Epicardial Fat Thickness: a Promising Cardiovascular Risk Factor that Requires in-Depth Studies

“…The study of EF thickness in an elderly population is very important as this population has a higher cardiovascular risk. In the paper by Castanheira et al, 1 the authors included 34 (25 women, 9 men) very old individuals (mean age 82 ± 8 years) without a previous history of cerebrovascular or cardiac disease. The mean EF thickness was 5.4 ± 1.1 mm, and the authors found a correlation between EF thickness and calf circumference, body weight, body surface area, lean mass, and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter.…”