Secular trends in echocardiographic left ventricular mass in the community: the Framingham Heart Study

Bernhard M. Kaess; Philimon Gona; Martin G. Larson; Susan Cheng; Jayashree Aragam; Satish Kenchaiah; Emelia Benjamin; Ramachandran S. Vasan

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304600

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In our longitudinal analysis of a large community-based sample spanning two decades, we observed sex-related differences in trends in LVM, with a modest increase of LVM in men (likely attributable to increasing body size), but a decrease in women. Additional studies are warranted to elucidate the basis for these sex-related differences.

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