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Sex differences in obesity-related changes in left ventricular morphology: the Strong Heart Study.

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Giovanni de Simone¹, Richard B. Devereux¹, Marcello Chinali², Mary J. Roman¹, Ana Barac³, Julio A. Panza³, Elisa T. Lee⁴, Barbara V. Howard³ - Show less +4 more•Institutions (4)

Cornell University¹, University of Naples Federico II², Memorial Hospital of South Bend³, University of Oklahoma⁴

01 Jul 2011-Journal of Hypertension

TL;DR: Sex differences in the relations between left ventricular mass and both body composition and fat distribution in nonobese or obese hypertensive and nonhypertensive individuals are examined.

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Abstract: ObjectivesIt is unclear whether there are sex differences in the relations of left ventricular mass to body composition and fat distribution in nonobese or obese hypertensive and nonhypertensive individuals and whether the obesity-related increase in left ventricular mass is similar in men and women

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