Table 1. Association of epicardial/thoracic fat with coronary calcium in prospective registries of asymptomatic patients undergoing Coronary Calcium Scoring.

	n	Fat measure from CT	Outcome measure	Odds ratio for presence of coronary calcium
Framingham (4)	1,155	Epicardial fat volume	CCS > 0	OR 1.27 (95% CI, 1.06-1.52)
EISNER (5)	201	Epicardial fat volume	CCS > 0	OR 2.4 (95% CI, 1.2-4.8)
MESA (6)	159	Thoracic fat volume slab (4.5 cm-thick about Left Main Origin)	CCS > 0	OR 2.24 (95% CI, 1.38-3.64)

CCS: Agatston Coronary Calcium Score; EISNER: Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research; MESA: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis