Body Fat Distribution, Overweight, and Cardiac Structures in School‐Age Children: A Population‐Based Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Body Fat Distribution, Overweight, and Cardiac Structures in School‐Age Children: A Population‐Based Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Background Adiposity is associated with larger left ventricular mass in children and adults. The role of body fat distribution in these associations is not clear. We examined the associations of body fat distribution and overweight with cardiac measures obtained by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging...

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Main Authors: Liza Toemen, Susana Santos, Arno A. Roest, Gavro Jelic, Aad van der Lugt, Janine F. Felix, Willem A. Helbing, Romy Gaillard, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiac MRI
epidemiology
obesity
pediatrics
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014933

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