Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2020 Jul 7;9(13):e017099.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017099. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

Lean Mass in Childhood Obesity: A Key Determinant of Ventricular Mass?

Adam B Christopher  1
Affiliations
Editorial

Lean Mass in Childhood Obesity: A Key Determinant of Ventricular Mass?

Adam B Christopher. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; left ventricular mass; obesity; population studies.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A model for ventricular morphology as a function of body fat distribution.
CO indicates cardiac output; LMVR, left ventricular mass to volume ratio; LVEDV, left ventricular end‐diastolic volume; LVM, left ventricular mass; MAP, mean arterial pressure; and SVR, systemic vascular resistance.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment on

References

    1. Levy D, Garrison RJ, Savage DD, Kannel WB, Castelli WP. Prognostic implications of echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass in the Framingham Heart Study. N Engl J Med. 1990;322:1561–1566. - PubMed
    1. Urbina EM, Gidding SS, Bao W, Pickoff AS, Berdusis K, Berenson GS. Effect of body size, ponderosity, and blood pressure on left ventricular growth in children and young adults in the Bogalusa Heart Study. Circulation. 1995;91:2400–2406. - PubMed
    1. Twig G, Yaniv G, Levine H, Leiba A, Goldberger N, Derazne E, Shor DBA, Tzur D, Afek A, Shamiss A, et al. Body‐mass index in 2.3 million adolescents and cardiovascular death in adulthood. N Engl J Med. 2016;374:2430–2440. - PubMed
    1. Toemen L, Santos S, Roest AA, Jelic G, van der Lugt A, Felix JF, Helbing WA, Gaillard R, Jaddoe VWV. Body fat distribution, overweight and cardiac structures in school‐age children: a population‐based cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9:e014933 DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014933. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kooijman MN, Kruithof CJ, van Duijn CM, Duijts L, Franco OH, van IJzendoorn MH, de Jongste JC, Klaver CCW, van der Lugt A, Mackenbach JP, et al. The Generation R Study: design and cohort update 2017. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016;31:1243–1264. - PMC - PubMed