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
- acute myocardial infarction
- metabolic syndrome
- oxidative stress
- adipose tissue
- aortic stenosis
- high fat diet
- type diabetes
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- weight loss
- acute coronary syndrome
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve