Why the study?
Do obesity and hypertension affect left ventricular geometry and cardiac function in children and adolescents?
Population
580 children and adolescents aged 6-17 years, comprising 430 obese children and 150 age and sex-matched…
Comparison
Obesity and hypertension (exposure) vs Age and sex-matched healthy controls
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May support echocardiographic surveillance in obese hypertensive youth; hypothesis-generating for reversibility with weight loss.
Do obesity and hypertension affect left ventricular geometry and cardiac function in children and adolescents?
Obesity and hypertension in children are associated with early alterations in left ventricular geometry and subclinical cardiac dysfunction, particularly concentric hypertrophy.
Alp et al. (2014) studied this question.
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