2015-07-14
Performance of Sokolow-Lyon index in detection of echocardiographically diagnosed left ventricular hypertrophy in a normal Eastern German population - results of the CARLA study
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B M C Cardiovascular Disorders , Volume 15 - Issue 1
Background: Arterial hypertension is a common disease with high prevalence in the general population. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent risk factor in arterial hypertension. Electrocardiographic indices like the Sokolow-Lyon index (SLI) are recommended as diagnostic screening methods for LVH. We assessed the diagnostic performance of the SLI in a cohort of a large general population. Methods: We used electrocardiographic and echocardiographic data from the prospective, population-based cohort study CARdio-vascular Disease, Living and Ageing in Halle (CARLA). Linear and logistic regression models were used to assess the association of SLI with LVH. To assess the impact of the body-mass-index (BMI), we performed interaction analyses. Results: AUC of SLI to predict LVH was 55.3 %, sensitivity of the SLI was 5 %, specificity 97 %. We found a significant association of SLI after covariate-adjustment with echocardiographically detected LVH (increase of left-ventricular mass index, LVMI 7.0 g/m<sup>2</sup> per 1 mV increase of SLI, p < 0.0001). However, this association was mainly caused by an association of SLI with the left-ventricular internal diameter (LVIDd, increase of 0.06 cm/m<sup>2</sup> per 1 mV increase of SLI, p < 0.0001). In obese (BMI > 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) we found the strongest association with an increase of 9.2 g/m<sup>2</sup> per 1 mV. Conclusions: Although statistically significant, relations of SLI and echocardiographic parameters of LVH were weak and mainly driven by the increase in LVIDd, implicating a more eccentric type of LVH in the collective. The relations were strongest when obese subjects were taken into account. Our data do not favour the SLI as a diagnostic screening test to identify patients at risk for LVH, especially in non-obese subjects without eccentric LVH.
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Schröder, J., Nuding, S., Müller-Werdan, U., Werdan, K., Kluttig, A., Russ, M., … Medenwald, D. (2015). Performance of Sokolow-Lyon index in detection of echocardiographically diagnosed left ventricular hypertrophy in a normal Eastern German population - results of the CARLA study. B M C Cardiovascular Disorders, 15(1). doi:10.1186/s12872-015-0066-5 |
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