Impact of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance on cardiac structure and function: Sex-related differences in the Framingham Heart Study

Martin K. Rutter, Helen Parise, Emelia J. Benjamin, Daniel Levy, Martin G. Larson, James B. Meigs, Richard W. Nesto, Peter W F Wilson, Ramachandran S. Vasan

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    Abstract

    Background - Although insulin resistance has been implicated in the pathogenesis of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, previous studies have yielded inconsistent results and are limited by referral bias. Methods and Results - We examined the relations between echocardiographic LV measurements and glucose tolerance status in 2623 Framingham Study subjects (1514 women, mean age 53 years) free of myocardial infarction and heart failure. We also evaluated the relations of insulin resistance (homeostasis model, HOMA-IR) and LV and left atrial (LA) measures within the normal and abnormal glucose tolerance categories (the latter included impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, and newly diagnosed diabetes). LV mass (adjusted for age, height, heart rate, and systolic blood pressure) increased across categories of worsening glucose tolerance; the trend was more striking in women (P
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)448-454
    Number of pages6
    JournalCirculation
    Volume107
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2003

    Keywords

    • Echocardiography
    • Hypertrophy
    • Insulin
    • Ventricle, left
    • Ventricular

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