Correlation between epicardial adipose tissue and body mass index in New Zealand ethnic populations.

CONCLUSIONS: BMI was associated with EAT thickness in NZE patients, but not in Māori/Pacific patients. The same level of BMI can carry different connotations of risk in different ethnic groups, with BMI likely being an inconsistent measure of obesity in in Māori/Pacific patients. PMID: 32525859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research