Left Ventricular Mass: Allometric Scaling, Normative Values, Effect of Obesity, and Prognostic Performance

• Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 91 - 98
• Main Authors: Chirinos, Julio A., Segers, Patrick, De Buyzere, Marc L., Kronmal, Richard A., Raja, Muhammad W., De Bacquer, Dirk, Claessens, Tom, Gillebert, Thierry C., St. John-Sutton, Martin, Rietzschel, Ernst R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD American Heart Association, Inc 01.07.2010; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Body Size; Cardiology. Vascular system; Disease Progression; Echocardiography, Doppler; Ethnic Groups; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnosis; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - ethnology; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - etiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - physiopathology; Prevalence; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; United States - epidemiology; Hypertension; Obesity; Prognosis; allometric; Body size; Nutrition disorder; Cardiovascular disease; left ventricular mass; Nutritional status; Left ventricle

The need for left ventricular mass (LVM) normalization to body size is well recognized. Currently used allometric exponents to normalize LVM may not account for the confounding effect of sex. Because sex is a strong determinant of body size and LVM, we hypothesized that these are subject to potentia...