Open AccessLean body mass is the strongest anthropometric predictor of left ventricular mass in the obese paediatric population
Author(s) -
James R. Shea,
Melissa Howard Henshaw,
Janet Carter,
Shahryar M Chowdhury
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiology in the young
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-1107
pISSN - 1047-9511
DOI - 10.1017/s1047951120000311
Subject(s) - lean body mass , body surface area , medicine , body mass index , ventricle , anthropometry , cardiology , left ventricular hypertrophy , obesity , body weight , blood pressure
Indexing left ventricular mass to body surface area or height2.7 leads to inaccuracies in diagnosing left ventricular hypertrophy in obese children. Lean body mass predictive equations provide the opportunity to determine the utility of lean body mass in indexing left ventricular mass. Our objectives were to compare the diagnostic accuracy of predicted lean body mass, body surface area, and height in detecting abnormal left ventricle mass in obese children.