The Relative Contribution of Body Fat and Fat Pattern to Blood Pressure Level

SUMMARYAlthough the association between body weight and blood pressure is irrefutable, body fat mass and blood pressure level may not necessarily be directly related. To clarify the relative contribution of fat mass to blood pressure level, we analyzed data on 399 adults consecutively entering a wei...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) Tex. 1979), 1985-07, Vol.7 (4), p.578-585
Hauptverfasser: Weinsier, Roland L, Norris, Denise J, Birch, Robert, Bernstein, Robert S, Wang, Jack, Yang, Mei-Uih, Pierson, Richard N, Van Itallie, Theodore B
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Zusammenfassung:SUMMARYAlthough the association between body weight and blood pressure is irrefutable, body fat mass and blood pressure level may not necessarily be directly related. To clarify the relative contribution of fat mass to blood pressure level, we analyzed data on 399 adults consecutively entering a weight control program. Although most subjects were notably overweight (mean ideal body weight 177¶), the population represented a wide spectrum of body weights and blood pressure levels. Study parameters included body fat mass (by total body water, K, and Steinkamp formula), lean body mass, body build (chest to height ratio), fat cell number and size from bilateral buttock biopsy specimens, upper fat pattern by arm to thigh circumference ratio, and central fat pattern by subscapular to triceps skinfold ratio. Our results concurred with previously noted correlations between obesity and blood pressure (as mean arterial pressure)weight (r = 0.44), percentage of body fat (r = 0.19), and absolute fat mass (r = 0.38; all p < 0.01); however, lean body mass, age, and body build correlated highly with both fat mass and mean arterial pressure, thereby confounding this relationship. Multivariate analysis was performed to evaluate the relative contribution of fat mass to mean arterial pressure in the presence of these and other potentially confounding variables. Lean body mass, age, body build, and an upper body fat pattern were found to contribute significantly to the variation in mean arterial pressure (p < 0.01). In their presence, percentage of body fat, absolute fat mass, central fat pattern, fat cell characteristics, and age of onset of obesity did not significantly improve the predictability of mean arterial pressure. Thus, blood pressure level may be related to the aforementioned correlates of obesity and to body fat pattern rather than to fat mass per se.
ISSN:0194-911X
1524-4563
DOI:10.1161/01.HYP.7.4.578