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
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- oxidative stress
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- high fat diet
- type diabetes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- body mass index
- high fat diet induced
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- weight gain