Myocardial structure and function by echocardiography in relation to glucometabolic status in elderly subjects from 2 population-based cohorts: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: The American heart journal Vol. 159; no. 3; pp. 414 - 420.e4
• Main Authors: Leosdottir, Margret, Willenheimer, Ronnie, Plehn, Jonathan, Borgquist, Rasmus, Gudmundsson, Petri, Harris, Tamara B., Launer, Lenore J., Bjornsdottir, Halldora, Nilsson, Peter M., Gudnason, Vilmundur
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.03.2010; Mosby; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Automation; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose; Blood Glucose - metabolism; Blood pressure; Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Cardiology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular system; Clinical Medicine; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diastole; Echocardiography; Female; Flow velocity; Glucose; Glycated Hemoglobin - metabolism; Heart; Heart - physiology; Heart attacks; Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Kardiologi; Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle age; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve; Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve - physiology; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Statistical methods; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ventricular Function, Left; Iceland; Sonography; Human; Cardiac performance; Echocardiography; Cohort study; Cross sectional study; Cardiovascular disease; Population; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Structure; Elderly

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction has been associated with impaired glucometabolic status. However, studies of older subjects are lacking. We examined associations between echocardiographic indices of LV diastolic function and LV mass index (LVMI) and glucometabolic status among middle-age...