Why the study?
Does elevated BMI correlate with ventricular hypertrophy and cavity dilatation in healthy women?
Does elevated BMI correlate with ventricular hypertrophy and cavity dilatation in healthy women?
In healthy women, increasing BMI is progressively associated with ventricular hypertrophy and subsequent cavity dilatation, potentially linked to elevated leptin levels.
Should not yet change practice; extends cross-sectional observations on staged remodeling in women but remains hypothesis-generating.
In a cohort of healthy female subjects with a wide range of BMIs, ventricular hypertrophy occurs without associated cavity dilatation in overweight individuals, while in manifest obesity, both cavity dilatation and ventricular hypertrophy occur. Elevated leptin levels may have a role in this effect on ventricular mass.
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Rider et al. (2010) studied this question.
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