THE EFFECT OF OBESITY ON DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Journal Title: Acta Medica Medianae - Year 2004, Vol 43, Issue 2
Abstract
The prevalence of obesity is increasing in many developing countries and is followed by many cardiovascular disorders. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of obesity on diastolic function in patients with arterial hypertension. Both obesity and hypertension have influence on diastolic function. The study group was comprised of 93 patients with arterial hypertension: 24 (25,80%) were obese, 69 (74,20%) were not obese. Obese patients with arterial hypertension and those patients that were not obese with arterial hypertension didn't significantly differ in terms of: age, gender distribution, systolic BP, diastolic BP, heart rate, left atrial volume, EF. Obese patients with arterial hypertension in relation to those that were not obese with arterial hypertension had significantly greater left ventricular mass (p<0,01) and left ventricular mass index (p<0,05). In both groups diastolic function parameters didn't significantly differ. Linear correlation between BMI (body mass index) and diastolic function parameters: IVRT, DT i E/A ratio has shown that BMI had significant influence on E/A ratio (p<0,05). No correlation was found between BMI and: IVRT and DT.
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Suzana Milutinovic, Dragan Zivkovic
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