A Meta-Analysis of Different Types of Cardiac Adipose Tissue in HIV Patients

Table 1

Baseline of the involved studies.

Study	Year	Country	Arms		Gender (male/female)	Mean age (years)	BMI (kg/m^2)	Measure result	Imaging modalities	NOS score
EAT
Iacobellis	2008	Canada	HIV_1	57	45/12	44.0			Echocardiography	8
			HIV_2	52	42/10	44.5
			Control	57	40/17	48.4
Lo	2010	USA	HIV	78	78/0	46.5			CT	8
			Control	32	32/0	45.4
Abd-Elmoniem	2014	USA	HIV	35	19/16	22			CT	7
			Control	11	3/8	25
Brener	2014	USA	HIV	579	579/0	53.4			CT	9
			Control	353	353/0	55.9
Fourman	2017	USA	HIV	121	80/41	46.7			CT	8
			Control	57	36/21	45.2
Srinivasa	2018	USA	HIV	55	0/55	47.0			CT	8
			Control	27	0/27	47.0
Iantorno	2018	USA	HIV_1	36	24/12	53.0			MRI	7
			HIV_2	15	11/4	57.0
			Control	14	5/7	50.0
Marsico	2019	Italy	HIV	29	13/16	13			Echocardiography	9
			Control	29	13/16	13.6
PCF
Kristoffersen	2013	Denmark	HIV	105	93/12	47.4			CT	8
			Control	105	93/12	47.4
Brener	2014	USA	HIV	579	579/0	53.4			CT	9
			Control	353	353/0	55.9
Luetkens	2016	Germany	HIV	28	25/3	49.0			MRI	9
			Control	22	15/7	45.4
Chen	2019	USA	HIV_1	67	67/0	53.0			CT	7
			HIV_2	38	0/38	52.0
			Control_1	12	12/0	52.0
			Control_2	8	0/8	46.0
Knudsen	2020	Denmark	HIV	587	518/69	52			CT	9
			Control	587	518/69	52
Buggey	2020	USA	HIV	100	38/62	54.5			CT	9
			Control	100	38/62	55.0

BMI: body mass index; CT: computerized tomography; EAT: epicardial adipose tissue; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; NOS: Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; PCF: pericardial fat.