Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and epicardial adipose tissue volume with cardiometabolic risk in coronary heart disease

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 8 Correlations between average EAT thickness and BMI of the patients and their metabolic parameters

Correlations
	Average EAT thickness
	R	P value
FIB-4	0.161	0.219
NAFLD fibrosis scoring system	0.082	0.535
Age	− 0.207	0.112
BMI	0.325	0.011*
ALT	0.187	0.153
AST	0.236	0.069
Alkaline phosphatase	0.377	0.003*
Gamma GT	0.461	< 0.001*
Fasting sugar	0.303	0.019*
HbA1C	0.277	0.032*
T. cholesterol	0.178	0.173
LDL	0.282	0.029*
HDL	− 0.187	0.152
TG	− 0.088	0.506

BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate transaminase, GT gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, HBA1C hemoglobin A1C, T total, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TG triglyceride, EAT epicardial adipose tissue, FIB-4 Fibrosis-4, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
^*mean significant