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Insulin resistance syndrome and left ventricular mass in an elderly population (The Rotterdam Study)
P Rheeder1, R P Stolk, A Mosterd
1Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|July 30, 1999
Abstract:
In a study of elderly men and women, age, body mass index, and systolic blood pressure (and in men, also glucose) were significant predictors of left ventricular mass. Postload insulin was not independently associated with left ventricular mass.