Ectopic adipose tissue in subsistence populations with minimal coronary disease, large left atria, and very low rates of atrial fibrillation
Tsimane mean EFV was the lowest of any population ever reported in the literature, achieving a new population standard. The low levels of EFV in the Tsimane and Moseten add to the body of evidence linking ectopic fat and atherosclerosis and further confirm (in the negative) the association, and likely causative role, of epicardial fat and atrial fibrillation.
Authors
- Ashna Mahadev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0360-4398)
- Jagat Narula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-3996)
- David E. Michalik
- Gregory S. Thomas
- Kenneth H. Buetow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4439-0939)
- Michael I. Miyamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-2815)
- Edmond Seabright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3804-8010)
- Michael Gurven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-527X)
- Tianyu Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-7267)
- Guido Lombardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3402-0339)
- Randall C. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-8827)
- Angela D. Neunuebel
- Samantha King
- M Linda Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-5175)
- Jonathan Stieglitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5985-9643)
- Hillard S Kaplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7398-7358)
- Damini Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-6970)
- Benjamin C. Trumble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-0628)
- Benjamin D. Gans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-0876)
- Caleb E. Finch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-3958)
- Melissa G.Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-4891)
- Margaret Gatz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-9970)
- Frances Neunuebel
- Daniel K. Cummings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-3020)
- James D. Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-793X)
- Paul L. Hooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-7513)
- Christopher Wård (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4929-1200)
- Daniel Eid Rodríguez
- Chris Rowan
- Adel H. Allam
- Samuel Wann
- Clive R.G. Quick
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Saint Luke's Health System (US)
- University of Nevada, Reno (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Al-Azhar University (EG)
- Chapman University (US)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- SSM Health Care (US)
- Universidad Mayor de San Simón (BO)
- Toulouse School of Economics (FR)
- Mission Heritage Medical Group (US)
- Miller Children's & Women's Hospital (US)
- MemorialCare Health System (US)
- Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (MA)
- Saint Luke's Hospital (US)
- VA St. Louis Health Care System (US)
- Saint Louis University (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2025.101271
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00