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. 2017 Aug 23;6(8):e006379. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006379

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© 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.

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Pooled estimates by epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) measurement method. Forest plot displays odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association of increasing EAT with high‐risk plaque (HRP) stratified by measurement method of EAT measurement, either by volume or thickness. This demonstrates that increasing EAT volume has a significant association with HRP; however, increasing EAT thickness is not significantly associated with HRP and has a markedly wide CI crossing the line of unity. CACS indicates coronary artery calcium score (noncontrast computed tomography); CTCA, computed tomography coronary angiography; Echo, echocardiography.