Association of Weight and Body Composition on Cardiac Structure and Function in the ARIC Study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) [Original Article]

Conclusions— In a large, biracial cohort of older adults free of clinically overt coronary heart disease or heart failure, obesity was associated with subclinical abnormalities in cardiac structure in both men and women and with adverse LV remodeling and impaired LV systolic function in women. These data highlight the association of obesity and subclinical abnormalities of cardiac structure and function, particularly in women.

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Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - August 9, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bello, N. A., Cheng, S., Claggett, B., Shah, A. M., Ndumele, C. E., Roca, G. Q., Santos, A. B. S., Gupta, D., Vardeny, O., Aguilar, D., Folsom, A. R., Butler, K. R., Kitzman, D. W., Coresh, J., Solomon, S. D. Tags: Obesity, Remodeling, Echocardiography Original Article Source Type: research