The impact of visceral and general obesity on vascular and left ventricular function and geometry: a cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging study of the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to evaluate the associations of body fat distribution with cardiovascular function and geometry in the middle-aged general population.

Methods and results

Four thousand five hundred and ninety participants of the UK Biobank (54% female, mean age 61.1 ± 7.2 years) underwent cardiac magnetic resonance for assessment of left ventricular (LV) parameters [end-diastolic volume (EDV), ejection fraction (EF), cardiac output (CO), and index (CI)] and magnetic resonance imaging for body composition analysis [subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT)]. Body fat percentage (BF%) was assessed by bioelectrical impedance. Linear regressions were performed to assess the impact of visceral (VAT) and general (SAT and BF%) obesity on cardiac function and

SUBMITTER: van Hout MJP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature