Are cigarette smoking and systolic blood pressure associated with exercise-induced left ventricular growth in young men?
Cigarette smoking and systolic blood pressure are associated with exercise-induced left ventricular growth in young men, highlighting potential early ill-effects of smoking on cardiac remodeling.
Cigarette smoking and SBP are associated with exercise-induced left ventricular growth in young men. The positive association of smoking with changes in left ventricular mass is surprising, given the limited exposure of these subjects to smoking, and although these data do not prove causation, they are of great interest to those trying to uncover the drivers of left ventricular hypertrophy, as well as to those examining the possible ill-effects of smoking in the young.
Payne et al. (Tue,) studied this question.