Association Between Elevated Body Mass Index and Cardiac Organ Damage in Children and Adolescents: Evidence and Mechanisms.
Alessandra AnnaloroChiara InvernizziFrancisco AguilarJulio AlvarezCesare CuspidiGuido GrassiEmpar LurbePublished in: High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension (2024)
In children and adolescents characterized by different body weight patterns, weight factors "per se" and the related insulin resistance state appear to represent the main determinants of LVMI and left ventricular hypertrophy, independently on BP values and BP phenotypes.
Keyphrases
- body weight
- left ventricular
- insulin resistance
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- adipose tissue
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- oxidative stress
- metabolic syndrome
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- high fat diet
- left atrial
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- drug induced