Association between anthropometric and ultrasound measurements of fatness with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in obese women.
M T GuagnanoE BalloneD MerlittiR MurriV Pace-PalittiR PilottiS SensiPublished in: International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2005)
These results suggest that a simple measure of fat distribution as the WHR could represent a good predictor of hypertension in obesity, providing that BP is measured in a more reproducible manner, such as by 24 h ambulatory BP monitoring.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- weight loss
- hypertensive patients
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- heart rate
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- magnetic resonance imaging
- body composition
- bariatric surgery
- weight gain
- blood glucose
- pregnancy outcomes
- high fat diet induced
- ultrasound guided
- obese patients
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- breast cancer risk