Body composition and mortality in a cohort study of Chinese patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the characteristics and mortality of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients with different body compositions.

Methods

In this study, 530 consecutive patients with HCM at West China Hospital were studied from November 2008 to May 2016. An equation based on body mass index (BMI) was used to obtain the Percent body fat (BF) and lean mass index (LMI). Patients were divided into five sex-specific BMI, BF and LMI quintiles.

Results

The average BMI, BF and LMI were 23.1 ± 3.2 kg/m², 28.1 ± 7.3% and 16.5 ± 2.2 kg/m², respectively. Patients with higher BMI or BF were older and had more symptoms and adverse cardiovascular conditions; those with higher LMI were younger and had less coronary artery disease and lower serum NT-proBNP a

SUBMITTER: Zhou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050713 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature