Visceral adipose tissue and hepatic fat as determinants of carotid atherosclerosis
Visceral fat, and to a lesser extent, hepatic fat, are associated with increased carotid atherosclerosis.
Authors
- Jonathon A Leipsic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6133-8334)
- Jean‐Pierre Després (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-583X)
- Marie Pigeyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-8366)
- Philip Awadalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9946-6393)
- Jennifer E. Vena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-1126)
- Salim Yusuf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4776-5601)
- Trevor Dummer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2510-3570)
- Vikki Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-7917)
- Russell J. de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8945-513X)
- Jason Hicks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-4187)
- Matthias G. Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1204-5647)
- Scott Alexander Lear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-755X)
- Jean‐Claude Tardif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-8983)
- Guillaume Paré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-4760)
- Douglas S. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-745X)
- Paul Poirier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-3273)
- Sonia Savitri Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-7441)
- Alan R. Moody (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-4305)
- Amel Lamri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7182-0661)
- Karleen M. Schulze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7481-5697)
- Grace Párraga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5619-4145)
- Michael D. Noseworthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-159X)
- Guillaume Lettre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7740-3399)
- Baraa K. Al‐Khazraji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1075-4183)
- Éric Larose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-7390)
- Joseph Beyene
- Dipika Desai
Institutions
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (CA)
- Western University (CA)
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Montreal Heart Institute (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Population Health Research Institute (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (CA)
- Alberta Health (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Centres Intégré Universitaires de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CA)
- Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute (CA)
- Impact (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01123-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Pfizer
- Bayer
- Sanofi
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Alberta Health Services
- Université Laval
- Novartis Foundation
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Alberta Cancer Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Dalhousie University
- University of Toronto
- Université de Montréal
- EMDO Stiftung
- Universitätsspital Zürich
- Fondation Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
- Olga Mayenfisch Stiftung
- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
- Helmut Horten Stiftung
- Partenariat Canadien Contre Le Cancer
- Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research