An increased visceral-subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio is associated with difficult-to-treat hypertension in men

Joji Ishikawa, Hajime Haimoto, Satoshi Hoshide, Kazuo Eguchi, Kazuyuki Shimada, Kazuomi Kario

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Abstract

Excess visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is considered to be a component in metabolic syndrome, an accumulation of cardiovascular risk factors that includes increased blood pressure; however, there are no previous data showing an association between increases in the VAT-subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) ratio and difficult-to-treat hypertension.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1140-1146
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Hypertension
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2010

Keywords

  • Difficult-to-treat hypertension
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Visceral adipose tissue

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