The associations of body size and body composition with left ventricular mass: impacts for indexation in adults
Hans-Werner Hense, MDa,
Birgit Gneiting, MSc*,
Michael Muscholl, MD ,
Ulrich Broeckel, MD ,
Bernhard Kuch, MDa,
Angela Doering, MD*,
G.ünter A. J. Riegger, MD and
Heribert Schunkert, MD
a Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University Münster, Münster, Germany
* Institute for Epidemiology, GSF National Research Center, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
Department of Internal Medicine II, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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Figure 1 Mean LVM indexed to height, height2.7, body surface area and LBM, by 10-year age groups in men and women. *p < 0.001 men versus women.
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