Correlation relationship assessment between left ventricular hypertrophy voltage criteria and body mass index in 41,806 Swiss conscripts

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-388

  Abächerli, Roger ^a   Zhou, Lingchuan ^a   Schmid, Johann Jakob ^a   Kobza, Richard ^b   Niggli, Bernhard ^b   Frey, Franz ^c   Erne, Paul ^b  

^a Schiller AG   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

^c Serv med   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Electrocardiography; Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH); Overweight, obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350656156     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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