Alterações cardiometabólicas em mulheres hipertensas com obesidade abdominal / Cardiometabolic alteration in hypertensive women with abdominal obesity

AUTOR(ES)

Tárik de Almeida Isbele

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Observational studies have demonstrated that weight gain and increase of abdominal circumference are important prognostic indexes in hypertension, and abdominal obesity is a relevant marker of increased cardiovascular risk. The purpose of this study was to identify metabolic and cardiac alterations in a sample of non-diabetic hypertensive women with abdominal obesity. In a cross-sectional study, 120 hypertensive women aged 40-65 years were included and separated in groups without abdominal obesity (AO-, n=42) and with abdominal obesity (AO+, n=78) according waist circumference

ASSUNTO(S)

doenças cardiovasculares hypertension abdominal obesity metabolic syndrome cardiovascular risk insulin resistance hipertensão obesidade abdominal síndrome metabólica risco cardiovascular resistência à insulina cardiologia

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