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February 13, 2001CirculationOpen Access

Relations of Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output to Body Composition

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Population

2744 Strong Heart Study participants

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

TCTarquin CollisRDRichard B. DevereuxMRMary J. Roman

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FFM may refine cardiac output interpretation in obesity; leaves open causal role pending prospective studies.

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Population
2744 Strong Heart Study participants
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Outcome
Correlation of stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) with fat-free body mass (FFM), adipose mass, and demographic variablessurrogate

Fat-free body mass is the primary determinant of stroke volume and cardiac output, explaining the increases seen in obesity.

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Collis et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ae34d739ab56a908617e6https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.6.820
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