Study Population
Between October 2016 and June 2019, 1046 healthy volunteers from all
regions of Turkey were evaluated in the study. The exclusion criteria
included the following; people under 18 years of age, patients who had
history of having any cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes
mellitus, hyperlipidemia, systemic disease, glomerular filtration rate
under 60ml/min/1.73m², genetical disease with cardiac involvement in the
first-degree relatives, electrocardiography (ECG) without sinus rhythm
or with left bundle branch block, waist circumference more than 102 cm
in men and 88 cm in women, high body mass index, abnormal glycaemia
values, smoking and/or alcohol abus\soute, and regarding the
echocardiographical examination, any regurgitation of heart valves more
than mild, stenosis of any valve, left ventricular ejection fraction
less than 50%, any wall motion abnormality, systolic pulmonary artery
pressure more than 35mmHg and volunteers with poor image quality.
Ultimately, 967 volunteers constituted the study population.
Baseline measurements included assessment of blood pressure, weight
(kilograms); height (centimeters), body mass index and body surface
area. Basic hematological and biochemical parameters were also recorded.