Correlation between left ventricular mass and visceral fat thickness in obese women.
Acta Med Indones
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2006 Jul-Sep; 38(3): 135-41
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-46958
ABSTRACT
AIM:
This study was aimed to measure left ventricular mass, which partly determines the function of the left ventricle, in obese women.METHODS:
The total number of study subjects was 90, which consisted of 45 obese women (BMI >or= 25 Kg/m2) and 45 non-obese women (BMI < 25 Kg/m2) as control group. They were evaluated by M mode echocardiography and abdominal CT to measure visceral fat, blood pressure, insulin resistance and waist circumference. Correlation was assessed for both groups.RESULTS:
There were significant differences in the left ventricular mass of the obese and non-obese group (P= 0.000), systolic blood pressure (P = 0.000), diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.006), waist circumference (P = 0.000), visceral fat (P = 0.000), and HOMA-IR (P = 0.000). With bivariant analysis, it is concluded that there are significant correlations between left ventricular mass and visceral fat (r = 0.67, P = 0.000); between BMI and left ventricular mass (r = 0.67, P = 0.000); between waist circumference and left ventricular mass (r = 0.72, P = 0.000); and also between HOMA-IR and left ventricular mass (r = 0.57, P = 0.000).CONCLUSION:
There are significant correlations between increased left ventricular mass and visceral fat, BMI, waist circumference and HOMA-IR among Indonesian women. So far, this study has shown a correlation between obesity and high cardiovascular risk.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Insulin Resistance
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Body Mass Index
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Risk
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
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Adult
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Intra-Abdominal Fat
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Heart Ventricles
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Med Indones
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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