Obesity Risk Factors
New findings from University of Turin in the area of obesity risk factors published
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 25th, 2007
New investigation results, "Baroreflex sensitivity is impaired in essential hypertensives with central obesity," are detailed in a study published in Journal of Human Hypertension. "Recently, much interest has focussed on the potential interaction between sympathetic nervous system and global cardiovascular risk. We investigated how baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), an index of autonomic function, interacts with central obesity (CO) in an essential hypertensive (EH) population," researchers in Turin, Italy report.
"We selected 170 EHs and 43 normotensives (NT), (median age 47.3±11.3 and 49.1±13 years, respectively). Anthropometric parameters were...
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