Obesity

Reports outline obesity study results from Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, November 12th, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "We hypothesized that atorvastatin (ATOR) treatment would reduce arterial stiffness in overweight and obese middle-aged and older adults. Twenty-six (11 men and 15 women) overweight or obese (body mass index: 31.6 +/- 0.7 kg/m(2)) middle-aged and older adults (age: 54 +/- 2 years) were randomly assigned to receive either ATOR (80 mg/d) or placebo for 12 weeks."

"Arterial stiffness (beta-stiffness and pulse wave velocity) was measured before and after the intervention. At baseline, the ATOR (n = 16) and placebo (n = 10) groups did not differ with respect to age, body mass index, blood pressure, serum lipid and lipoprotein...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2009-11-12)

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