TY - JOUR AU - Idrus Alwi AU - S. Harun AU - Satrio Sukmoko AU - Pradana Soewondo AU - Sarwono Waspadji AU - Sidartawan Soegondo PY - 2006/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The correlation between hs C-reactive protein and left ventricular mass in obese women JF - Medical Journal of Indonesia JA - Med J Indones VL - 15 IS - 2 SE - Clinical Research DO - 10.13181/mji.v15i2.223 UR - http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/223 AB - Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are increased in obese individuals. In this study, we examined the correlation between hsCRP and left ventricular mass (LV mass). Fourty five healthy obese women and fourty five healthy non obese women as the controls group were studied by echocardiography and hsCRP. There was no significant correlation between hsCRP and left ventricular mass in obese women (r = 0.29, p 0.06). There was a significant correlation between hs CRP and body mass index (r = 0.46, p 0,002), and also hsCRP and visceral fat (r= 0.33, p 0.03). (Med J Indones 2006; 15:100-4)  ER -