Effect of visceral obesity on main artery elasticity and vascular age in patients with hypertension, obesity, and type 2 diabetes

Aim . To assess the effect of visceral obesity on main artery elasticity and vascular age in patients with hypertension (HTN), obesity, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Material and methods . A total of 320 patients with stage II-III HTN aged 4570 years were divided into 4 groups: isolated HTN (group 1), HTN and obesity (group 2), HTN, obesity and T2D (group 3), HTN and T2D without obesity (group 4). We assessed the clinical status, parameters of visceral obesity, main artery elasticity, and vascular age. We used nonparametric statistics, Spearman correlation analysis. Results . At least 50% of all patients had visceral obesity, despite no BMI-estimated obesity in groups 1 and 4: 57,5 vs 100,0 vs 100,0 vs 50,0% in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively (p