Visceral fat intimately linked with the hypertensive effect of obesity: "only abdominal fat remained independently associated with hypertension"
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For this study, 903 patients enrolled in the Dallas Heart Study were followed for an average of seven years to track development of hypertension. […] Patients also received imaging of visceral fat, or fat located deep in the abdominal cavity between the organs; subcutaneous fat, or visible fat located all over the body; and lower-body fat.
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At the end of the study period, 25 percent of patients developed hypertension. While higher BMI was associated with increased incidence of hypertension, when abdominal fat content, overall fat content and lower-body fat content were factored in, only abdominal fat remained independently associated with hypertension.