Table 1 Demographics of included studies in the association between location-specific EAT thickness at the right ventricular free wall and obstructive CAD
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EAT thickness (mm) | EAT thickness (mm) | ||||||||||||
References | Time | No. of patients | Mean | SD | Total | Mean | SD | Total | BMI (kg/m2) | Diagnostic tool | Measurement tool | Ethnicity | Study quality |
Chaowalit et al. [12] | 2006 | 139 | 2.22 | 1.86 | 85 | 2.16 | 1.77 | 54 | 28.7 ± 5.5 | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Non-Asian | 20 |
Yun et al. [13] | 2009 | 153 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 85 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 68 | 25.2 ± 3.1 | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Asian | 21 |
Eroglu et al. [14] | 2009 | 150 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 80 | 4.68 | 1.13 | 70 | 28.9 ± 4.5 | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Non-Asian | 21 |
Wang et al. [11] | 2010 | 224 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 140 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 84 | 26.1 ± 3.3 | Coronary angiography | CT | Asian | 21 |
Bastarrika et al. [20] | 2010 | 45 | 8.57 | 2.08 | 23 | 7.69 | 2.68 | 22 | 29.1 ± 5.7 | Coronary angiography | CT | Non-Asian | 20 |
Mustelier et al. [16] | 2011 | 250 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 185 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 65 | 27.4 ± 5.3 | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Non-Asian | 19 |
Shemirani et al. [17] | 2012 | 292 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 171 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 121 | NR | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Non-Asian | 19 |
Wu et al. [19] | 2013 | 208 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 97 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 111 | 24.8 ± 3.3 | Coronary CT angiography | CT | Asian | 21 |
Kaya et al. [36] | 2013 | 64 | 6.43 | 0.9 | 34 | 5.35 | 0.75 | 30 | 26.0 ± 3.0 | Coronary angiography | Echocardiography | Non-Asian | 19 |