Addressing the interplay between observed and modelled data in a “A retrospective study of postmortem heart weight in an adult Norwegian population”

It was with interest we read the article by Skurdal and Nordrum published in the journal during July 2016 [1]. In the article the authors model heart weight using linear regression in a population of 692 cases subjected to either a forensic or a medical autopsy. Reference heart weights are presented separately in men and women and in steps of 5 kg between 40 to 130 kg. To motivate their study the authors state that most previous research on the subject is aged. However, the authors have failed to recognize a study of ours published in 2015 [2].
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research