September 13, 2016Hypertension

Abdominal Adiposity Distribution Quantified by Ultrasound Imaging and Incident Hypertension in a General Population

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Why the study?

Is ultrasound-determined visceral adipose tissue, compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue, associated with incident hypertension in a general population?

Structured PICO

Is ultrasound-determined visceral adipose tissue, compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue, associated with incident hypertension in a general population?

Population

3363 randomly selected Danes (mean age 49 years, 56% women, mean body mass index 25.8 kg/m2), of which 2119 were normotensive at baseline and 1432 returned for follow-up.

Intervention

Ultrasound-determined visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT)

Outcome

Incident hypertension at 5 yearshard clinical

Ultrasound-quantified visceral adipose tissue, but not subcutaneous adipose tissue, is independently associated with the development of incident hypertension.

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Implication

VAT assessment may refine hypertension risk stratification; hypothesis-generating for visceral fat-targeted prevention trials.

Cite This Study

Seven et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a7b2706e1858e55de901b https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.116.07306

Topics

Hypertension management

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Abdominal Adiposity Distribution Quantified by Ultrasound Imaging and Incident Hypertension in a General Population

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Abdominal Adiposity Distribution Quantified by Ultrasound Imaging and Incident Hypertension in a General Population

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