Publications by authors named "Hilde Halland"
Background And Aims: Cardiorespiratory fitness has been postulated to lower chronic inflammation in obesity. We assessed sex-specific associations of inflammation with cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese persons.
Methods And Results: Peak oxygen uptake (VO) was measured by treadmill in 566 participants (age 48 ± 9 years, 60% women) with body mass index >27.
Arterial Stiffness in Overweight and Obesity: Association with Sex, Age, and Blood Pressure.
High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- Obesity is linked to increased arterial stiffness, but sex differences in this association have not been thoroughly investigated.
- A study examined the arterial stiffness of 323 women and 225 men with overweight and obesity, finding that women had higher augmentation pressure (AP) and augmentation index (AIx), while men had higher carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV).
- Both age and 24-hour systolic blood pressure were significant factors affecting arterial stiffness in all subjects, while body fat measures like BMI had minimal influence.
Lower myocardial mechanic-energetic efficiency (MEEi), expressed as stroke volume/heart rate ratio (SV/HR) in mL/s/g of the left ventricular (LV) mass, is associated with the incidence of heart failure in subjects with cardiometabolic disorders. We explored the association of MEEi with LV systolic circumferential and longitudinal myocardial function in 480 subjects with increased body mass index (BMI) without known cardiovascular disease (mean age 47 ± 9 years, 61% women, 63% obese, 74% with hypertension) participating in the fat-associated cardiovascular dysfunction (FATCOR) study. Insulin resistance was assessed by the homeostasis model assessment insulin-resistance index (HOMA-IR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCovariables of Myocardial Function in Women and Men with Increased Body Mass Index.
High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev
December 2020
Introduction: Sex-difference in types of cardiac organ damage has been reported in subjects with increased body mass index (BMI). However less is known about sex-differences in left ventricular (LV) myocardial function assessed by global longitudinal strain (GLS) in these subjects.
Methods: 493 subjects (mean age 47 ± 9 years, 61% women) with BMI > 27.
Objective: We studied the impact of concomitant hypertension on left ventricular (LV) systolic myocardial function and geometry in apparently healthy women and men with increased BMI.
Material And Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 535 participants (59% women) with BMI greater than 27 kg/m without known cardiovascular disease enrolled in the FAT associated CardiOvasculaR dysfunction (FATCOR) study. Hypertension was defined as use of antihypertensive treatment or elevated 24-h ambulatory blood pressure.
Masked hypertension in obesity: potential predictors and arterial damage.
Blood Press Monit
February 2017
Background: Masked hypertension (MHT), defined as normal office blood pressure (BP) but high ambulatory BP, has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Although MHT has been associated with obesity, there is limited knowledge on the prevalence and covariates of MHT in obese cohorts.
Methods: Office and ambulatory BP recordings and other cardiovascular risk factors were assessed in 323 obese participants included in the fat-associated cardiovascular dysfunction study (mean age 48.
Objectives: To study the relationship between obesity and heart rate (HR) in women and men.
Design: We studied 241 overweight and obese subjects without known heart disease. All subjects underwent ergospirometry during maximal exercise testing on treadmill and recording of body composition, electrocardiogram and clinic and ambulatory blood pressure.