Pericoronary adipose tissue thickness

1. Pericoronary adipose tissue thickness improves discrimination of coronary artery calcification in humans (AUC 0.736 versus 0.695).

   “PCAT showed greater discriminatory performance than EAT (AUC, 0.736 vs. 0.695; DeLong p = 0.010)”

   Humanscompared with epicardial adipose tissue thicknessn = 1,032

   Association of pericoronary and epicardial adipose tissue thickness with coronary artery calcium score using cardiac computed tomography

   Irish journal of medical science·12 Oct 2026

1. Pericoronary adipose tissue thickness is associated with coronary artery calcification in humans (OR 1.436 per 1 mm, 95% CI 1.298–1.588).

   “each 1-mm increase in PCAT thickness was associated with 43% higher odds of coronary calcification (OR, 1.436; 95% CI: 1.298-1.588; p < 0.001).”

   Humansper 1-mm increase in pericoronary adipose tissue thicknesscoronary arteryn = 1,032

   Association of pericoronary and epicardial adipose tissue thickness with coronary artery calcium score using cardiac computed tomography

   Irish journal of medical science·12 Oct 2026

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1. Pericoronary adipose tissue thickness is associated with coronary artery calcium score in humans (r = 0.461).

   “Although both PCAT (r = 0.461, p < 0.001) and EAT thickness (r = 0.375, p < 0.001) correlated with CACS,”

   Humanspericoronary adipose tissuen = 1,032

   Association of pericoronary and epicardial adipose tissue thickness with coronary artery calcium score using cardiac computed tomography

   Irish journal of medical science·12 Oct 2026

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