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Association between insulin resistance and left ventricular hypertrophy in asymptomatic, Black, sub-Saharan African, hypertensive patients: a case-control study.

Bernard Kianu PhanzuAliocha Nkodila NatuhoyilaEleuthère Kintoki VitaJean-René M'Buyamba KabanguBenjamin Longo-Mbenza
Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2021)
Obesity and IR appear to be the primary predictors of LVH in Black sub-Saharan African hypertensive patients. The comprehensive management of cardiovascular risk factors should be emphasized, with particular attention paid to obesity and IR. A prospective population-based study of Black sub-Saharan individuals that includes the use of serial imaging remains essential to better understand subclinical LV deterioration over time and to confirm the role played by IR in Black sub-Saharan individuals with hypertension.
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