RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship between overweight and obesity and cardiac dimensions and function in a paediatric population.
A1 Cabeza, Juan Fernandez
A1 Aristizabal-Duque, Cristhian H
A1 Sanchez, Isabel Maria Blancas
A1 Ortiz, Martin Ruiz
A1 Almodovar, Ana Rodriguez
A1 Ortega, Monica Delgado
A1 Martinez, Fatima Esteban
A1 Saldaña, Manuel Romero
A1 Del Pozo, Francisco Javier Fonseca
A1 Alvarez-Ossorio, Manuel Pan
A1 Rubio, Maria Dolores Mesa
K1 Childhood obesity
K1 Echocardiography
K1 Left ventricular ejection fraction
K1 Left ventricular mass
AB Obesity in adults is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation, and myocardial fibrosis, as well as heart failure and coronary heart disease. These associations have been studied to a lesser extent in the paediatric population. This study aims to investigate the relationship between obesity and cardiac structure and function in the paediatric population. In a southern Spanish village, we selected all inhabitants aged 6-17 years stratifying by age, gender, and educational centres. We performed a complete transthoracic echocardiogram evaluating all the cardiac morphological and functional parameters commonly measured in an echocardiographic study. There were 212 children and adolescents included. Of them, 48.1% were males. The mean age was 10.9 ± 3.0 years. A total of 106 (50%) were normal weight, 57 (26.9%) overweight, and 49 (23.1%) obese. Sex and age were similar in all three groups. Overweight and obesity were associated with larger left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (p  Childhood obesity is independently associated with larger heart chambers, greater left ventricle mass, and smaller left ventricle ejection fraction. 
PB Springer
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-17
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20119
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20119
LA en
NO Cabeza JF, Aristizábal-Duque CH, Sánchez IMB, Ortiz MR, Almodóvar AR, Ortega MD, et al. Relationship between overweight and obesity and cardiac dimensions and function in a paediatric population. Eur J Pediatr. 2022 May;181(5):1943-1949
DS RISalud
RD May 13, 2025