Body Fat Distribution and Systolic Blood Pressure in 10,000 Adults with Whole-Body Imaging: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank.

Deborah E MaldenBen LaceyJonathan EmbersonFredrik KarpeNaomi AllenDerrick BennettSarah Lewington

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)

This analysis indicates that visceral fat is the primary etiological component of excess adiposity underlying the development of adiposity-related hypertension.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
insulin resistance
hypertensive patients
adipose tissue
heart rate
high resolution
weight gain
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
left ventricular
skeletal muscle
cross sectional
blood glucose
fatty acid
body mass index
fluorescence imaging
weight loss