Decrease in intra-abdominal visceral fat may reduce blood pressure in obese hypertensive women

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Kanai, Hideyuki ^a   Tokunaga, Katsuto ^b   Fujioka, Shigenori ^b   Yamashita, Shizuya ^b   Kameda Takemura, Kaoru ^b   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^b  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

hypertension; obesity; visceral fat; weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030047349     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.1.125     Document Type: Article

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