date:Jul 31, 2018
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caused enlargement of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber.
Thickening of vessel walls is widely considered to be the first sign of atherosclerosis, a disease in which fatty plaques build up within the arteries and lead to heart disease. However, our findings suggest that higher BMIs cause changes in the heart structure of the young that may precede changes in blood vessels, Wade said.
Two of the analyses used in the study (Mendelian randomization and recall-by-genotype) take