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Is Height(2.7) Appropriate for Indexation of Left Ventricular Mass in Healthy Adolescents? The Importance of Sex Differences

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular mass (LVM) is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. In adolescence, LVM is commonly indexed to height(2.7), although some evidence suggests that this may not fully account for sex differences. METHODS: We investigated appropriate allometric scaling of LVM to hei...

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Autores principales: Taylor, Hannah C. M., Chaturvedi, Nishi, Davey Smith, George, Ferreira, Diana L. S., Fraser, Abigail, Howe, Laura D., Hughes, Alun D., Lawlor, Debbie A., Timpson, Nic J., Park, Chloe M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10510825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37548044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17109