title: Left ventricular structure and function in sedentary and physically active subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy (the LIFE Study).
abstract: Patients with left ventricular hypertrophy had higher heart rates, left ventricular mass, and left atrial size independent of gender, blood pressure, or body mass index than physically active patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Skellefteå County Hospital and Umeå University, 93186 Skellefteå, Sweden. kurt.boman@vll.se
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boman
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olofsson
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dahlöf
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gerdts
authors.forename: Markku S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nieminen
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papademetriou
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wachtell
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Devereux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left