Different Normalizations for Body Size and Population Attributable Risk of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: The MAVI Study

• Published in: American journal of hypertension Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 1288 - 1293
• Main Authors: de Simone, Giovanni, Devereux, Richard B., Maggioni, Aldo P., Gorini, Massimo, de Divitiis, Oreste, Verdecchia, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Oxford University Press; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: arterial hypertension; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Body Size - physiology; Body Surface Area; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular risk; Cohort Studies; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography. Vectocardiography; Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Female; Heart; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Humans; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - epidemiology; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - physiopathology; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Italy - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; obesity; Obesity - diagnostic imaging; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - physiopathology; Prevalence; prognosis; Risk Factors; arterial hypertension; risk factors; prognosis; obesity; Cardiovascular risk; echocardiography; Hypertension; Obesity; Echocardiography; Prognosis; Nutrition disorder; Cardiovascular disease; Left ventricle; Body size; Risk factor; Nutritional status

Different methods of normalizing left ventricular (LV) mass for body size identify generally similar relative risks of adverse cardiovascular outcome but with variable prevalences of LV hypertrophy (H). Preliminary results from a population with high prevalence of obesity suggest that the population...