Epicardial adipose tissue deposition in patients with diabetes and renal impairment: Analysis of the literature

Table 1 Study and patient characteristics

Ref.	Study design	Age group	Number of patients with diabetes and renal impairment	Age, mean in years (range)	Gender, female, n (%)
Akbas et al[16], 2014, Turkey	Cross-sectional	Adults	68	Micro-albuminuric patients: 60 ± 11	34 (50)
				Macro-albuminuric patients: 59 ± 9.6
Christensen et al[17], 2017, Denmark	Cross-sectional	Adults	200	59 (50-68)	48 (24)
Darabian et al[18], 2016, United States	Cross-sectional	Adults	9	NR	NR
Do et al[19], 2009, Korea	Case-report	Adult	1	59	1 (100)
Kerr et al[20], 2013, Canada	Cross-sectional	Adults	36	NR	NR
Tonbul et al[21], 2011, Turkey	Cross-sectional	Adults	17	58 (45-71)	8 (47)
Turan et al[22], 2013, Turkey	Cross-sectional	Adults	39	NR	NR
Turan et al[23], 2019, Turkey	Cross-sectional	Adults	82	59.4 ± 7.6	49 (59.7)

NR: Not reported.