Regional Fat Distribution and Blood Pressure Level and Variability
Why the study?
Does regional fat distribution associate with blood pressure levels and variability in a multiethnic cohort?
Population
2595 participants in the Dallas Heart Study, a multiethnic cohort, mean age 44 years, 54% women, 48% black…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for visceral fat in BP control; leaves open causality and clinical utility in multiethnic cohorts.
Structured PICO
Does regional fat distribution associate with blood pressure levels and variability in a multiethnic cohort?
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Population
2595 participants in the Dallas Heart Study, a multiethnic cohort, mean age 44 years, 54% women, 48% black, mean BMI 29 kg/m(2)
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Intervention
Regional fat distribution quantification (visceral adipose tissue, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, and liver fat by MRI, and lower body subcutaneous fat by DXA)
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Outcome
Short-term (within-visit) and long-term (overall visits) mean blood pressure and average real variabilitysurrogate
Excess visceral fat is associated with persistently higher short- and long-term mean blood pressure levels and lower long-term blood pressure variability.
Cite This Study
Yano et al. (2016) studied this question.