Is Height 2.7 Appropriate for Indexation of Left Ventricular Mass in Healthy Adolescents? The Importance of Sex Differences.
Hannah C M TaylorNishi ChaturvediGeorge Davey SmithDiana L S FerreiraAbigail FraserLaura D HoweAlun D HughesDebbie A LawlorNic J TimpsonChloe M ParkPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2023)
Allometric exponents derived from pooled data, including men and women without adjustment for sex were biased, possibly due to sex differences in body composition. We suggest that when assessing LVM, clinicians should consider body size, body composition, sex, and age. Our observations may also have implications for the identification of young individuals with cardiac hypertrophy.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- left ventricular
- resistance training
- bone mineral density
- young adults
- body mass index
- physical activity
- heart failure
- electronic health record
- palliative care
- acute myocardial infarction
- big data
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- middle aged
- randomized controlled trial
- aortic stenosis
- machine learning
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- deep learning
- left atrial
- coronary artery disease
- artificial intelligence
- open label
- acute coronary syndrome
- high intensity