Predominance of Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue Reflects the Presence of Aortic Valve Calcification

Figure 1

Relationship between %abdominal VAT and AVC. (a) Difference of %abdominal VAT between the non-AVC and AVC groups. Each point represents %abdominal VAT area of the patients. Error bars; mean with standard deviation. versus non-AVC. (b) ROC curve analysis for the detection of AVC. AUC was calculated when the cutoff value of %abdominal VAT was set at 40.9%.

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