Echocardiography protocol and cardiometabolic phenotyping in Indian birth cohorts-the IndEcho study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asian Indians are at higher risk of cardiometabolic disease compared to other ethnic groups, and the age of onset is typically younger. Cardiac structure and function are poorly characterized in this ethnic group. In this study, we describe image-acquisition methods and the reproducibility of measurements and detailed echocardiography characteristics in two large Indian population-based cohorts (the New Delhi and Vellore Birth Cohorts) from India.

Methods

The IndEcho study captured transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of cardiac structure and function from 2,322 men and women aged 43-50 years. M-mode measurements in the parasternal long axis (PLAX) and 2-dimensional (2D) short axis recordings at the mitral valve, mid-papillary and apical level were recorde

SUBMITTER: Vasan SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372793 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature