Avaliação da hipertrofia ventricular esquerda em obesos hipertensos. Impacto dos critérios de indexação da massa ventricular / Left ventricular hypertrophy evaluation in obese hypertensive patients. Effect of left ventricular mass index criteria
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 78(4): 341-351, Apr. 2002. tab, graf
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RESUMO
PURPOSE:
To evaluate left ventricular mass (LVM) index in hypertensive and normotensive obese individuals.METHODS:
Using M mode echocardiography, 544 essential hypertensive and 106 normotensive patients were evaluated, and LVM was indexed for body surface area (LVM/BSA) and for height² (LVM/h²). The 2 indexes were then compared in both populations, in subgroups stratified according to body mass index (BMI) <27; 27-30; > or = 30kg/m².RESULTS:
The BSA index does not allow identification of significant differences between BMI subgroups. Indexing by height² provides significantly increased values for high BMI subgroups in normotensive and hypertensive populations.CONCLUSION:
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has been underestimated in the obese with the use of LVM/BSA because this index considers obesity as a physiological variable. Indexing by height² allows differences between BMI subgroups to become apparent and seems to be more appropriate for detecting LVH in obese populations
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Index:
LILACS
Main subject:
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
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Hypertension
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Obesity
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2002
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Article