Associations of body size and composition with subclinical cardiac dysfunction in older individuals: the cardiovascular health study.
Parveen K GargMary L BiggsJorge R KizerSanjiv J ShahLuc DjousseKenneth J MukamalPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2021)
In this cross-sectional study of older adults, central obesity was most robustly associated with impaired left ventricular systolic and diastolic strain as well as left atrial strain. The adverse effects of central obesity appear to extend even into older age.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- left atrial
- insulin resistance
- mitral valve
- physical activity
- metabolic syndrome
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- weight loss
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- high fat diet induced
- aortic stenosis
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- blood pressure
- atrial fibrillation
- oxidative stress
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- catheter ablation