| Derivation of a size-independent variable for scaling of cardiac dimensions in a normal paediatric population. | |
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PMID: 18490317 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: It is general practice to correct cardiac chamber size for body size by the process of scaling or normalization. Normalization is most commonly performed using simple linear or isometric correction; however, there is increasing evidence that this approach may be flawed. Likewise, there is little agreement concerning the appropriate scaling variable (measure of body size) for normalization. Therefore, we aimed to establish the optimal method for correcting the differences in body size in a large population of echocardiographically normal paediatric subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS: We compared the relative ability of standard size variables including height (HT), body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), and body surface area (BSA), in both isometric and allometric models, to remove the effect of body size in 4109 consecutive echocardiographically normal subjects<18 years of age, using the left atrial dimension (LAD) as a reference standard. Simple linear normalization resulted in significant residual correlations (r=-0.57 to -0.92) of the indexed value with the body size variable, the correlations with weight (WT) and BSA actually increasing. In contrast, correction by the optimal allometric exponent (AE) removed the effects of the indexed variable (residual correlations -0.01 to 0.01), with BW and BSA best removing the effects of all the measures of body size. CONCLUSION: Conventional linear correction for body size is inaccurate in children and paradoxically increases the relationship of the indexed parameter with WT and BSA. Conversely, correction using the optimal AE removes the effect of that variable, with WT best correction for all measures of body size. |
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Authors:
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Tomas G Neilan; Aruna D Pradhan; Mary Etta King; Arthur E Weyman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-03-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 10 ISSN: 1532-2114 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-01-09 Completed Date: 2009-05-05 Revised Date: 2010-09-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890618 Medline TA: Eur J Echocardiogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 50-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, YAW-5E, Boston, MA 02115-2696, USA. |
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Adolescent Age Factors Anthropometry* Body Height Body Mass Index Body Size* Body Surface Area Body Weight Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Echocardiography, Doppler / methods* Female Heart Atria / growth & development, ultrasonography* Humans Infant Male Probability Reference Standards Reference Values Sex Factors |
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HL 082740/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Jan;10(1):44-5
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