Authors:
M. Hrabak Paar, R. Stern Padovan; Zagreb/HR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-3065
Results
We found no relationship between AAA development and total and visceral fat areas, while subcutaneous abdominal fat area was significantly smaller in the AAA group than in the control group (Table 1).
| Subjects with AAA | Control group |
Total abdominal fat tissue area (cm2) | 364 ± 163 | 384 ± 147 |
Visceral abdominal fat tissue area (cm2) | 175 ± 94 | 159 ± 82 |
Subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue area (cm2) | 189 ± 84a | 225 ± 90a |
V/S | 0.98 ± 0.41b | 0.74 ± 0.38b |
Table 1. Total, visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue
area in the group of patients with AAA and in control subjects.
a t=-2.88, p=0.004, 95% confidence interval (-61.7, -11.5)
b t=4.05, p<0.001, 95% confidence interval (0.12, 0.35)
In the control group positive relationship between visceral fat area and atherosclerotic lesions was seen (Table 2).
| rs | p |
Ascending aorta | 0.29 | 0.005 |
Aortic arch | 0.24 | 0.02 |
Descending thoracic aorta | 0.32 | 0.002 |
Abdominal aorta | 0.32 | 0.002 |
Table 2. Correlation between atherosclerotic
lesions of aortic segments and intraabdominal
fat area.
There was neither protective nor harmful effect of subcutaneous fat tissue on development of aortic atherosclerosis.