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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive cardiology2025

Associations between visceral adipose and renal artery calcification: Results from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

Harsimran Bajwa, Michael Criqui, Ron Blankstein, Siddique Abbasi, Joao Lima, Jingzhong Ding, Tara Shrout Allen, Matthew Allison

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Harsimran BajwaUCSD School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Michael CriquiUCSD School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Ron BlanksteinBrigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Siddique AbbasiGlobal Development, Amgen, 1 Amgen Center, Newbury Park, CA, 91320, USA.
Joao LimaDepartment of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Jingzhong DingWake Forest School of Medicine, 475 Vine Street, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
Tara Shrout AllenSan Diego VA Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA.
Matthew AllisonUCSD School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.

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Background: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has been associated with higher levels of atherosclerosis. Renal artery calcification (RAC) secondary to atherosclerosis has been found to be associated with an increase in all-cause mortality. Methods: 1 978 participants underwent CT imaging to measure VAT and RAC. Rate ratio regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) for the presence of RAC, while linear regression was used to estimate linear coefficients for the severity of RAC. Results: 1 196 participants had complete VAT and RAC measurements. In adjusted models, VAT area was not associated with RAC presence (PR 1.02, 95 % CI 0.89, 1.16, Conclusions: VAT area and density are not significantly associated with RAC presence, while greater VAT area is significantly associated with RAC severity among those with RAC > 0. Our results are the first describing the relationship between VAT and RAC, and are in contrast to previous literature demonstrating a significant association between VAT and coronary artery calcification.

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Renal artery atherosclerosisRenal artery calcificationSubclinical atherosclerosisVisceral adiposeVisceral body fat

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