Epicardial Adipose Tissue Reflects the Presence of Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison with Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue

Table 2

Association with the presence of coronary atheromatous plaque.

	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age, per 5 years	1.522 (1.301–1.778)	<0.001	1.657 (1.326–2.064)	<0.001
BMI, per 1 kg/m^2 increase	1.025 (0.945–1.112)	0.549
Hypertension	2.560 (1.336–4.904)	0.005	1.450 (0.528–3.986)	0.471
LDL-C, per 1 mg/dL increase	0.992 (0.981–1.004)	0.195
HbA1c, per 1% increase	1.644 (1.055–2.562)	0.028	1.501 (0.952–2.368)	0.080
Smoking history	1.589 (0.836–3.023)	0.158
Presence of eEAT	3.340 (1.727–6.462)	<0.001	2.844 (1.100–7.351)	0.031
Abdominal VAT area, per 10 cm^2 increase	1.083 (1.010–1.161)	0.028	1.073 (0.970–1.172)	0.165

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; eEAT, echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.