Feb 10, 2021
Lower LV diastolic function in adulthood tied to increased childhood adiposity, decreased physical activity
Body-fat status and the level of physical activity in childhood were independently linked with left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in adulthood, according to a study from Finland and published in
In the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS), which included 1,871 participants (mean age: 41.8; 45.9% male), elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) and increased adiposity in childhood were associated with worse adulthood LV diastolic function, while higher childhood physical activity levels were tied to better adulthood LV diastolic function (
P 0.001 for all), reported Jarkko S. Heiskanen, MD, of the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, and co-authors.