BACKGROUND: It has been shown that possible influence of body weight is more evident for coronary than aortic @entity731 ; and more in @entity1 than @entity1 . @entity301 due to @entity28 in males becomes significant when body mass index (BMI) exceeds 30 (30% overweight) and does not affect the life expectancy particularly in @entity1 . This study was conducted to asses the relation of thickness of fat penniculus ( @entity28 ) between xiphoid and umbilicus to different @entity731 ; and to collect basic data about age and sex distribution of this relation METHODS: It was prospective descriptive study and conducted at mortuary of King Edward Medical University, and Department of Pathology, Allama Iqbal Medical College. Lahore. A total of 130 @entity1 autopsies were carried out in one-and-a-half year of study duration. The ages of the deceased ranged between 8 and 85 years. Heart aorta and its major branches were included in this study. In addition, fat penniculus between xiphoid and umbilicus was measured and @entity731 lesions were categorised and correlated with this parameter. @entity6175 and @entity1711 , and different special stains were done in Pathology Department of Allama Lqbal Medical College, Lahore to asses to severity of @entity731 lesions. RESULTS: The fatty streaks were present in predominantly more cases with Fat Penniculus < 20 mm than in asses with Fat Penniculus < 10 mm and < 30 mm. The fibrolipid plaques, complicated and @entity75 were present in a dominant number of cases with Fat Penniculus < 30 mm on percentage basis. CONCLUSION: Raised lesions were seen more frequently in cases with Fat Penniculus 20 mm to < 30 mm than in cases with Fat Penniculus < 10 mm and < 20 mm thickness.

XXXX in relation to fat penniculus ( @entity28 ) between xiphoid and umbilicus.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'human', 'men'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity301 :: ('MESH:D003327', 'Disease') :: ['Coronary heart disease'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['calcified lesions'] @entity1711 :: ('MESH:D004801', 'Chemical') :: ['Eosin'] @entity6175 :: ('CHEBI:5601', 'Chemical') :: ['Haematoxylin'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerosis', 'atherosclerotic lesions']
@entity731 :: (MESH:D050197,Disease) :: ['Atherosclerosis']
