Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCross-sectional study
Association of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and cardiac structure and function in early midlife: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study
- Cross-sectional 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:10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf394
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it