ArticleAnnals of pediatric cardiology
Evaluation of left ventricular function in obese children without hypertension by a tissue Doppler imaging study.
Article in Annals of pediatric cardiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Targeting Myocardial Mechanics in Children and Adolescents with Obesity and Non-Elevated Blood Pressure: A Meta-Regression Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Target Organ Damage in Adolescents: The SHIP AHOY Study.Pediatrics · 2022Article
- Anthropometric and Biochemical Markers as Possible Indicators of Left Ventricular Abnormal Geometric Pattern and Function Impairment in Obese Normotensive Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Leptin Levels are Associated with Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese Adolescents.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2020Article
- The Relationship between Left Ventricular Function Indices in Tissue Doppler Imaging and Exaggerated Blood Pressure Response During the Exercise Stress Test.Galen medical journal · 2020Article
- Anemia and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Findings in Obese AdolescentsTurkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Obese children without hypertension are becoming an important health challenge.
aimsComplications of obesity in adults are well established, but in obese children, cardiac dysfunction has not been reported clinically. SETTINGS AND
designThe present crosssectional study investigates subclinical systolic and diastolic dysfunction using echocardiographic modalities. MATERIALS AND
methodsTwentyfive youngsters with body mass index (BMI) >30 and 25 healthy children with BMI <25 were assigned into case and control group, respectively. In all participants, complete cardiovascular examination, electrocardiography, and echocardiography were fulfilled. Echocardiography surveys included standard, pulsed wave Doppler (PWD), and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: SPSS software, version 24.
resultsThe two groups were matched for age and sex. The resting heart rate and blood pressure were markedly higher in the obese group (
conclusionsObesity in children without hypertension is associated with subclinical systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction. We propose the evaluation of blood pressure as well as myocardial performance using PWD and TDI in all obese children without hypertension, regularly.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.