Why the study?
Is an increase in total and central body fatness related to higher sympathetic nervous system activity in older and younger men?
Is an increase in total and central body fatness related to higher sympathetic nervous system activity in older and younger men?
Accumulation of total and central body fat, rather than age alone, is strongly associated with higher levels of sympathetic nervous system activity in older males.
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Central adiposity may drive sympathetic overactivity beyond age; hypothesis-generating and leaves causal effects on NE kinetics open.
Poehlman et al. (1995) studied this question.
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