Why the study?
Does excess adiposity promote concentric or eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy independent of blood pressure in adults never treated for hypertension?
Population
309 randomly recruited adult participants never treated for hypertension, with a high prevalence of excess…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link central adiposity to concentric LV remodeling beyond BP; cross-sectional data leave open causality and practice change.
Does excess adiposity promote concentric or eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy independent of blood pressure in adults never treated for hypertension?
In a population with high obesity prevalence, excess adiposity promotes concentric rather than eccentric left ventricular geometric changes independent of blood pressure.
Woodiwiss et al. (2008) studied this question.
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