“…Sharpe et al [ 27 ] demonstrated that BMI is directly related to LVMI. An increased LVMI results in ventricular hypertrophy, which eventually results in left ventricular diastolic dysfunction [ 23 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Similarly, in our study, measurements of LVM, LVMI, LVPWDD, and IVSDD were found to be increased in both obese groups compared to the healthy control group.…”