Contribution of central and general adiposity to abnormal left ventricular diastolic function in a community sample with a high prevalence of obesity

The American Journal of Cardiology
Carlos LibhaberAngela J Woodiwiss

Abstract

The relative independent contribution of excess adiposity, as indexed by measures of central, general, or peripheral adiposity, toward abnormal cardiac diastolic chamber function at a community level is unclear. In 377 randomly selected participants >16 years old from a community sample with a high prevalence of excess adiposity ( approximately 25% overweight and approximately 43% obese), we assessed the independent contribution of the indexes of adiposity to the variation in early-to-late (atrial) transmitral velocity (E/A). After adjustments for a number of confounders, including age, gender, pulse rate, conventional diastolic (or systolic) blood pressure, antihypertensive treatment, left ventricular mass index, and the presence of diabetes mellitus or a hemoglobin A1c level >6.1%; waist circumference was an independent predictor of a reduced E/A (p = 0.0038). Body mass index (p = 0.07), waist-to-hip ratio (p = 0.23), and skinfold thickness (p = 0.37) were not independently associated with E/A, whereas waist circumference was independently associated with E/A, even after adjustments for other adiposity indexes, including body mass index (p <0.05 to 0.005). In contrast to the effects on diastolic function, the waist circumfere...Continue Reading

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