Remodelación del patrón geométrico del ventrículo izquierdo en niños y adolescentes obesos.
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The objective of research was to evaluate the remodeling of left ventricle geometric pattern in obese children and adolescents. The study was prospective, cross-sectional with a quasi-experimental design and carried out between August 2016 and March 2019 in children and adolescents who attended to the endocrinology, nutrition and pediatrics consult at Hospital San Vicente de Paul, Ibarra, Ecuador. All participants underwent physical examinations and anthropometric evaluation (body weight, height, waist, and hip circumference and body mass index) and echocardiography. For the study, 76 children with different degrees of obesity were selected. The average age was 10.0 ± 2.3 years and with a body mass index of 30.8 ± 5.7 Kg / m2. The left ventricular dimension was 97.3 ± 7.4%. Statistically significant differences were found in weight, body mass index, percentage of current weight to ideal weight and mean values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension when compared with the group of normotensive subjects (p <0.05). It was observed that the left ventricular mass index, blood pressure and abnormal geometric pattern of the left ventricle were significantlyhigher in children with severe obesity compared with those with mild obesity (p <0.05). Finally, a positive and significant slight correlation was found between the left ventricular mass index and the percentage of current weight to the ideal weight for height (r = 0.142, p <0.017). It is concluded that obese children and adolescents could present remodeling of left ventricle geometric pattern, especially when obesity is severe.
Source: Avances en Biomédicina
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3045476063