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SUBMITTER: Kaess BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139052 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaess Bernhard M BM Gona Philimon P Larson Martin G MG Cheng Susan S Aragam Jayashree J Kenchaiah Satish S Benjamin Emelia J EJ Vasan Ramachandran S RS
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 20130916 22
<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate secular trends in echocardiographically determined left ventricular mass (LVM).<h4>Design, setting and participants</h4>Longitudinal community-based cohort study in Framingham, Massachussetts. LVM was calculated from routine echocardiography in 4320 participants (52% women) of the Framingham offspring cohort at examination cycles 4 (1987-1991), 5 (1991-1995), 6 (1995-1998) and 8 (2005-2008), totalling 13 971 person-observations.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Sex-s ...[more]