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Abdominal Visceral to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Ratio Is Associated with Increased Risk of Erosive Esophagitis.
Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2017 May
BACKGROUND: To investigate the association between abdominal fat distribution represented by the visceral fat area (VFA) to subcutaneous fat area (SFA) ratio, and erosive esophagitis (EE).
METHODS: Seven hundred and twenty-eight participants aged >40 years underwent physical examination, blood tests, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and abdominal computer tomography at Chung-Ang University Hospital from 2007 to 2012.
RESULTS: Of 728 subjects, 65 (8.9%) had EE. The EE patients had higher body mass index, metabolic syndrome prevalence, triglyceride levels, and blood pressure (P < 0.05). The mean VFA/SFA ratio was higher in the EE group than in the non-EE group (1.30 vs. 0.92, P < 0.001). The predominance of EE in the group with higher VFA/SFA ratio was higher than in the group with lower VFA/SFA ratio (P < 0.001). A VFA/SFA ratio ≥1.165 had good accuracy to predict EE (area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, 0.643). The VFA/SFA ratio and visceral fat volume were positively correlated with the severity of EE (P = 0.002), and a VFA/SFA ratio ≥1.165 was strongly correlated with the severity of EE (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: The high VFA/SFA ratio can be a useful clinical predictor of EE.
METHODS: Seven hundred and twenty-eight participants aged >40 years underwent physical examination, blood tests, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and abdominal computer tomography at Chung-Ang University Hospital from 2007 to 2012.
RESULTS: Of 728 subjects, 65 (8.9%) had EE. The EE patients had higher body mass index, metabolic syndrome prevalence, triglyceride levels, and blood pressure (P < 0.05). The mean VFA/SFA ratio was higher in the EE group than in the non-EE group (1.30 vs. 0.92, P < 0.001). The predominance of EE in the group with higher VFA/SFA ratio was higher than in the group with lower VFA/SFA ratio (P < 0.001). A VFA/SFA ratio ≥1.165 had good accuracy to predict EE (area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, 0.643). The VFA/SFA ratio and visceral fat volume were positively correlated with the severity of EE (P = 0.002), and a VFA/SFA ratio ≥1.165 was strongly correlated with the severity of EE (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: The high VFA/SFA ratio can be a useful clinical predictor of EE.
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