Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and the Related Factors in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: epicardial adipose tissue thickness

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06094686

IstPRMTRH5

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to assess the EATT and the related factors in patients with AS and to compare the results with that of the healthy controls'

Full description

The aim of this study was to investigate the epicardial adipose tissue thickness (EATT) and the related factors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to compare the results with those of the healthy controls. This cross-sectional study comprised thirty patients diagnosed with AS based on the modified New York criteria. The control group consisted of 31 healthy volunteers. Demographic characteristics were recorded. EATT was measured via transthoracic echocardiography. Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL), International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-Short Form) were used. Functional capacity assessment was conducted using the six-minute walk test (6MWT).

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Disease duration >1 year,
• Being ≥18 years
• AS diagnosis according to modified New York Criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Being illiterate,
• >65 years,
• History of ischemic heart disease,
• Cerebrovascular disease,
• Hypertension,
• Chronic kidney failure,
• endocrinopathies like diabetes mellitus,
• hypothyroidism,
• Cushing syndrome and primary hyperlipidemia.

Trial design

61 participants in 2 patient groups

Ankylosing spondylitis group

Description:

Thirty patients with AS according to the modified New York criteria were included in this cross-sectional study.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: epicardial adipose tissue thickness

Healthy volunteers

Description:

Control group was consisted of 31 healthy volunteers

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: epicardial adipose tissue thickness