Why the study?
Does relative heart volume predict mortality in men and women over the age of 65?
Population
721 men and women over the age of 65 in a rural community in Central Finland
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to ten years
Authors
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Relative heart volume may stratify cause-specific mortality risk in older adults; leaves open its incremental value in contemporary cohorts.
Does relative heart volume predict mortality in men and women over the age of 65?
Radiologic relative heart volume is a predictor of cause-specific mortality in older adults, with larger volumes predicting cardiovascular death and smaller volumes predicting non-cardiovascular death.
Takala et al. (1989) studied this question.
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