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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In a prospective cohort of 181 individuals followed up since childhood – when aged 9, 12 and 15 years – patients with a family history of premature coronary heart disease (n=18) had higher left ventricular mass index in adulthood – at mean age of 31 years – compared with those without (mean±standard error 39.1±1.9 versus 34.6±0.7 g/m<jats:sup>2.7</jats:sup>, p=0.04). The correlation between adult left ventricular mass index and child triglycerides (r=0.66, p=0.04 versus r=−0.03, p=0.75; p<jats:sub>diff</jats:sub>=0.02) and diastolic blood pressure (r=0.65, p=0.02 versus r=0.16, p=0.07; p<jats:sub>diff</jats:sub>=0.05) was stronger among those with a family history of coronary heart disease than in those without. Although preliminary, these data suggest that the higher left ventricular mass index among adults with a family history might be explained by their increased susceptibility to child cardio-metabolic risk factors.</jats:p>

Original publication

DOI

10.1017/s1047951113001571

Type

Journal article

Journal

Cardiology in the Young

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

10/2014

Volume

24

Pages

938 - 940