Association of familial Mediterranean fever and epicardial adipose tissue: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Karam R MotaweaOmneya A KandilJoseph VarneyMerna AboeleneinNancy IbrahimAhmed ShaheenLina T KhairyAgyad BakkourAli H H MuwailiDhuha H H MuwailiFatima A A AbdelmajidEman M S AhmadMhd K AlbuniElias BattikhBisher SawafSarya SwedSafaa M A AhmedDina M AwadJaffer ShahHani Aiash

Published in: Health science reports (2022)

FMF patients are at increased risk of developing epicardial adipose tissue compared to controls. More multicenter studies with higher sample sizes are needed to support our results.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
end stage renal disease
insulin resistance
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
high fat diet
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
cross sectional
case control