1. The impact of visceral fat and levels of vitamin D on coronary artery calcification
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Isa Galvão Rodrigues, Gerssica Pina Barbosa, Dário Celestino Sobral Filho, Maria Cristina Monterio Oliveira, Cláudia Porto Sabino Pinho, Ana Paula Dornelas Leão, Francisco Bandeira, and Aline Alves de Siqueira
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Medicine (General) ,Population ,Adipose tissue ,Coronary Artery Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Intra-Abdominal Fat ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,R5-920 ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Obesity ,Vitamin D ,education ,Aged ,Vascular calcification ,Univariate analysis ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Vitamin D Deficiency ,Coronary arteries ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Cardiovascular diseases ,business ,Body mass index ,Calcification - Abstract
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To evaluated calcification of the coronary arteries and its association with visceral fat and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) serum levels. METHODS: A cross sectional study involving 140 individuals without any previous diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. A biochemical analysis of vitamin D serum levels was carried out, as well as computed tomography to measure coronary artery calcium score and visceral adipose tissue. RESULTS: The mean age of the individuals was 55.9 (±12.4). Coronary artery calcium was observed in 40.7% of the population. Vitamin D presented median serum levels of 30.4 ng/ml (IQ24.5–39.1), with 14,1 and 33.7% of the individuals presenting deficiency and insufficiency, respectively. In the univariate analysis, the calcium score was more prevalent in aged patients (p
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- 2021