Background Gender, body weight, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are all variables
known to influence human heart weight. The impact of cancer is less studied, and the
influence of age is not unequivocal. We aimed to describe the relationship between body
size and heart weight in a large autopsy cohort and to compare heart weight in patients with
cancer, CVD, and other diseases. Methods and Results Registered information, including
cause of death, evidence of cancer and/or CVD, heart weight, body weight, and height, was …