Interaction of Skeletal and Left Ventricular Mass in Older Adults with Low Muscle Performance.
Giovanna PelàSara TagliaferriFelice PerrinoGiacomo BussolatiYari LongobuccoLuna ZerbinatiElisa AdorniRiccardo CalvaniMatteo CesariAntonio CherubiniRoberto BernabeiMauro Di BariFrancesco LandiEmanuele MarzettiFulvio LauretaniMarcello MaggioPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
In a sample of older persons with low muscle mass and physical performance, LVM was positively and significantly correlated with ALM, independently from blood pressure, physical activity, and other potential confounders. Future studies are needed to address the effect of interventions targeting LVM and SMM.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- blood pressure
- left ventricular
- body mass index
- heart failure
- skeletal muscle
- hypertensive patients
- mitral valve
- metabolic syndrome
- current status
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- adipose tissue
- drug delivery
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- acute coronary syndrome
- case control
- depressive symptoms
- percutaneous coronary intervention