Higher BMI in young adults may up CVD risk, says study

Being overweight caused enlargement of the left ventricle -- the heart's main pumping chamber.

By: Agencies | | Updated: July 31, 2018 2:59 pm

Being overweight as a young adult may cause higher blood pressure and thicken heart muscle, setting the stage for cardiovascular (CVD) disease in later life, a new study has found. The findings, published in the journal Circulation, suggests higher body mass index (BMI), among the study participants, resulted in higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure. “Our results support efforts to reduce body mass index to within a normal, healthy range from a young age to prevent later heart disease,” said lead author Kaitlin H. Wade from the University of Bristol Medical School in Britain.

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