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Letter by Cicero et al Regarding Article, "Long-Term Excessive Body Weight and Adult Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Are Linked Through Later-Life Body Size and Blood Pressure: The Bogalusa Heart Study".

We have strongly appreciated the article of Zhang et al1 recently published on Circulation Research . Based on the data of the Bogalusa Heart Study, the authors conclude that the… Click to show full abstract

We have strongly appreciated the article of Zhang et al1 recently published on Circulation Research . Based on the data of the Bogalusa Heart Study, the authors conclude that the higher the childhood body mass index, the higher the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in later life, being overweight and elevated blood pressure the main mediator of this complication. We fully agree that the earliest the …

Keywords: heart study; ventricular hypertrophy; bogalusa heart; later life; left ventricular; body

Journal Title: Circulation research
Year Published: 2017

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