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. 2023 Jul 13:10:1055454.
doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1055454. eCollection 2023.

Echocardiography protocol and cardiometabolic phenotyping in Indian birth cohorts-the IndEcho study

Senthil K Vasan #  1   2 , Anoop George Alex #  3 , Ambuj Roy #  4   5 , Mahasampath Gowri  6 , Sikha Sinha  7 , Jenifer Suresh  3 , Reesa Susan Philip  3 , Jolly Kochumon  5 , Neetu Jaiswal  5 , Geethanjali Arulappan  8 , Lakshmy Ramakrishnan  9 , Harshpal Singh Sachdev  7 , Nikhil Tandon  10 , Nihal Thomas  11 , Felix Jebasingh  11 , Clive Osmond  1 , Fredrik Karpe  2 , Santosh K Bhargava  12 , Belavendra Antonisamy  6 , Dorairaj Prabhakaran  5   13 , Caroline H D Fall  1 , Viji S Thomson  3
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Echocardiography protocol and cardiometabolic phenotyping in Indian birth cohorts-the IndEcho study

Senthil K Vasan et al. Front Cardiovasc Med. .

Abstract

Background: Asian Indians are at higher risk of cardiometabolic disease compared to other ethnic groups, and the age of onset is typically younger. Cardiac structure and function are poorly characterized in this ethnic group. In this study, we describe image-acquisition methods and the reproducibility of measurements and detailed echocardiography characteristics in two large Indian population-based cohorts (the New Delhi and Vellore Birth Cohorts) from India.

Methods: The IndEcho study captured transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of cardiac structure and function from 2,322 men and women aged 43-50 years. M-mode measurements in the parasternal long axis (PLAX) and 2-dimensional (2D) short axis recordings at the mitral valve, mid-papillary and apical level were recorded. Apical 2D recordings of two- three- and four-chamber (2C, 3C and 4C) views and Doppler images (colour, pulsed and continuous) were recorded in cine-loop format. Left ventricular (LV) mass, LV hypertrophy, and indices of LV systolic and diastolic function were derived.

Results: Echocardiographic measurements showed good/excellent technical reproducibility. Hetero-geneity across sites, sex and rural/urban differences in cardiac structure and function were observed. Overall, this cohort of South Asian Indians had smaller LV mass and normal systolic and diastolic function when compared with published data on other Asian Indians and the West, (LV mass indexed for body surface area: Delhi men: 68 g/m2, women 63.9; Vellore men: 65.8, women 61.6) but were within ethnic-specific reference ranges. The higher prevalence of obesity, diabetes and hypertension is reflected by the higher proportion of LV remodelling and lesser hypertrophy.

Conclusions: Our study adds to scarce population-based echocardiographic data for mid-life Asian Indians. Compared to published literature on other ethnic groups, the Asian Indian heart is characterised by smaller cardiac dimensions and normal range systolic and diastolic function on a background of a high prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disease at a relatively young age. This data will form the basis for further analyses of lifecourse, metabolic and body composition predictors of cardiac structure and function, and echocardiographic predictors of future mortality.

Isrctn registration number: 13432279.

Keywords: Asian Indian; cardiac size; diastolic function; echocardiography; systolic function.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Flow diagram of participants who underwent echocardiographic measurements in the IndEcho study.
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Bland–Altman plots for selected echocardiographic variables.
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