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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1140-1146 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Hypertension |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Difficult-to-treat hypertension
- Metabolic syndrome
- Visceral adipose tissue