Central but not peripheral fat mass percentage is associated with blood pressure components in the elderly | Zendy

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Central but not peripheral fat mass percentage is associated with blood pressure components in the elderly

Author(s) -

Stefan van Dijk,

AH van den Meiracker,

T. Van Der Cammen,

Francesco MattaceRaso,

Nathalie van der Velde

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs056

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , peripheral , peripheral blood , fat mass , body mass index , emergency medicine , cardiology , intensive care medicine

he human body composition changes with advances in age. Particularly, the central fat amount increases. Because the central fat mass is a cardiovascular risk factor, we investigated whether in an elderly population, fat mass (measured at different bodily locations) is associated with peripheral and central blood pressure components.

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