Cross-sectional study of the association between day-to-day home blood pressure variability and visceral fat area measured using the dual impedance method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease, independently of the BP itself. In addition, visceral fat accumulation can trigger atherosclerotic disease through various mechanisms.

Methods and results

We examined the association between fat accumulation and day-to-day BPV in 61 adult hypertensive patients. Visceral fat area (VFA) was measured using the dual bioelectrical impedance analysis method. Participants were divided into three groups based on VFA. The standard deviation (SD) in home systolic BP (SBP) for 7 consecutive days was significantly lower in the high VFA tertile (low VFA, 8.40±4.15 mmHg; intermediate VFA, 8.47±2.80 mmHg; and high VFA, 5.84±2.37 mmHg, p of One-way ANOVA = 0.017, p for trend = 0.0126). A similar a

SUBMITTER: Kuwabara J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218081 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature