title: Gender differences in left ventricular structure and function in young adults with normal or marginally elevated blood pressure.
abstract: Gender differences in left ventricular structure and function were evaluated in 68 male and 69 female young adults (mean age 30 +/- 7 years) with normal or marginally elevated blood pressure. Left ventricular mass index was greater in men than in women, even after controlling for blood pressure. There were no significant gender differences in left ventricular systolic function. Doppler indices of diastolic filling were also similar in men and women. Thus, men have a significantly greater left ventricular mass index than women, but this difference in ventricular size is not associated with differences in systolic or diastolic function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hinderliter
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*