Usefulness of the epicardial fat tissue thickness as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syndrome  

作　　者：Bema Kaya Bedri Caner Kaya Emel Yigit Karakas Sadettin Selcuk Baysal Dursun Cadirci Emre Erkus Ibrahim Halil Altiparmak Emin Savik Hatice Sezen Tttrgay Ulas 

机构地区：[1]Department of Internal Medicine, Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey [2]Department of Cardiology, Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey [3]Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey [4]Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey [5]Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey [6]Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey

出　　处：《Journal of Geriatric Cardiology》2015年第4期373-377,共5页老年心脏病学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Objective To evaluate the epicardial fat tissue thickness （EFTT） as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syn- drome （MetS）. Methods Sixty geriatric patients over 65 years of age were recruited for the study. Patients were divided into two groups： Group 1 （n = 30） consisted of patients with MetS; Group 2 （n = 30） consisted of patients without MetS. Echocardiography was used to measure EFTT in all patients, and blood samples were analyzed for biochemical parameters. Results Compared to Group 2, EFTT levels of Group 1 were statistically higher （P 〈 0.05）. In a binary logistic regression analysis, EFTT levels served as the independent factor for meta- bolic syndrome 03 = 17.35, SE = 4.93, Wald = 12.36, P 〈 0.001）. Receivers operating characteristic Curve （ROC-curve） analysis revealed that EFTT predicted MetS with 96.7% sensitivity and 86.7% specificity above the level of 7.3 mm [area under the curve = 0.969; 95% con- fidence interval （CI）： 0.928-1.00]. Conclusions The present study demonstrated that serum EFTT levels were higher in geriatric patients with MetS and can therefore be used as a diagnostic criterion for MetS.

关 键 词：Epieardial fat tissue thickness GERIATRICS Metabolic syndrome 

分 类 号：S828.1[农业科学—畜牧学] Q51[农业科学—畜牧兽医]