Adiposity
Adiposity and left ventricular mass are related in childhood and into young adulthood
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 2nd, 2006
"This study evaluated the influence of adiposity on the progression of left ventricular (LV) mass from childhood to adulthood and the relation of LV mass to insulin resistance in young adulthood. One hundred thirty-two healthy children recruited into a longitudinal study at a mean age of 13 years and re-evaluated at 27 years, at which time insulin resistance studies were also performed, were studied," scientists in the United States report.
S. Sivanandam and colleagues at the University of Minnesota found,...
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