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Factors affecting left ventricular mass in childhood: The muscatine study
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Factors affecting left ventricular mass in childhood: The muscatine study

Donald Malcolm, Trudy Burns, Larry Mahoney and Ronald Lauer
Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.92(5), pp.703-709
11/01/1993
DOI: 10.1542/peds.92.5.703
PMID: 8414859

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Abstract

A study examined the contribution of age, body size and blood pressure to left ventricular mass (LVM) in childhood. The results found a strong positive linear association of LVM with age, weight, height, Quetelet index and systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Blood pressure Blood vessels Heart Pediatrics

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