Body Fat Distribution and Systolic Blood Pressure in 10,000 Adults with Whole-Body Imaging: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to quantify the associations of regional fat mass and fat-free mass with systolic blood pressure.

Methods

This analysis combined individual participant data from two large-scale imaging studies: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank. In both studies, participants were interviewed and measured, and they underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry imaging. Linear regression was used to relate systolic blood pressure to anthropometric measures of adiposity (BMI, waist circumference, and waist to hip ratio) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived measures of body composition (visceral android fat, subcutaneous android fat, subcutaneous gynoid fat, and fat-free mass).

Results

Among 10,260 participants (mean age 49; 96% white), systolic blood pressure

SUBMITTER: Malden D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6618903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature