Objective To evaluate the epicardial fat tissue thickness （EFTT） as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syn- drome （MetS）. Methods Sixty geriatric patients over 65 years of age were recrui...Objective To evaluate the epicardial fat tissue thickness （EFTT） as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syn- drome （MetS）. Methods Sixty geriatric patients over 65 years of age were recruited for the study. Patients were divided into two groups： Group 1 （n = 30） consisted of patients with MetS; Group 2 （n = 30） consisted of patients without MetS. Echocardiography was used to measure EFTT in all patients, and blood samples were analyzed for biochemical parameters. Results Compared to Group 2, EFTT levels of Group 1 were statistically higher （P 〈 0.05）. In a binary logistic regression analysis, EFTT levels served as the independent factor for meta- bolic syndrome 03 = 17.35, SE = 4.93, Wald = 12.36, P 〈 0.001）. Receivers operating characteristic Curve （ROC-curve） analysis revealed that EFTT predicted MetS with 96.7% sensitivity and 86.7% specificity above the level of 7.3 mm [area under the curve = 0.969; 95% con- fidence interval （CI）： 0.928-1.00]. Conclusions The present study demonstrated that serum EFTT levels were higher in geriatric patients with MetS and can therefore be used as a diagnostic criterion for MetS.展开更多
文摘Objective To evaluate the epicardial fat tissue thickness （EFTT） as a diagnostic criterion for geriatric patients with metabolic syn- drome （MetS）. Methods Sixty geriatric patients over 65 years of age were recruited for the study. Patients were divided into two groups： Group 1 （n = 30） consisted of patients with MetS; Group 2 （n = 30） consisted of patients without MetS. Echocardiography was used to measure EFTT in all patients, and blood samples were analyzed for biochemical parameters. Results Compared to Group 2, EFTT levels of Group 1 were statistically higher （P 〈 0.05）. In a binary logistic regression analysis, EFTT levels served as the independent factor for meta- bolic syndrome 03 = 17.35, SE = 4.93, Wald = 12.36, P 〈 0.001）. Receivers operating characteristic Curve （ROC-curve） analysis revealed that EFTT predicted MetS with 96.7% sensitivity and 86.7% specificity above the level of 7.3 mm [area under the curve = 0.969; 95% con- fidence interval （CI）： 0.928-1.00]. Conclusions The present study demonstrated that serum EFTT levels were higher in geriatric patients with MetS and can therefore be used as a diagnostic criterion for MetS.
