Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study
Authors' conclusion
Our results suggest associations between EAT thickness, increased LV wall thickness, LA size, and decreased mitral annular velocity in early adulthood.
Study context
- Population
- Young and middle-aged adults of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Studyechocardiography
- Participants
- 1,667 participants
- Exposure
- Higher vs lower epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness
- Outcome
- Associations between EAT thickness and echocardiographic metrics
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Associations of higher EAT with echocardiographic metrics (adjusted for age, sex, waist circumference, SBP)
- Left ventricular (LV) mean wall thickness, back-transformed β
- 0.72%, P = 0.002
- LV relative wall thickness, back-transformed β
- 0.64%, P = 0.002
- LV posterior wall thickness, β
- 0.0005, P = 0.0002
- Left atrium (LA) size, β
- 0.02, P = 0.001
- Mitral annular velocity (e'), back-transformed β (inverse association)
- −1.0%, P = 0.02
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 2 July 2025. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it