Sympathetic neural activation in visceral obesity
Sympathetic neural activation in visceral obesity
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000041244.79165.25
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发表时间:
2002-11-12
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Davy, KP
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作者:
Alvarez, GE;Beske, SD;Davy, KP
Background-Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is elevated in obese humans. However, the potential role of abdominal visceral fat as an important adipose tissue depot linking obesity to elevated MSNA has not been explored. Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that MSNA would be increased in men (age=18 to 40 years, body mass index less than or equal to35 kg/m(2)) with higher abdominal visceral fat (HAVF; n=13, abdominal visceral fat=118.1+/-15.8 cm(2)) compared with their age- (28.7+/-2.4 versus 25.5+/-2.0 years, P>0.05), total fat mass-matched (20.6+/-2.1 versus 20.8+/-2.4 kg, P>0.05) and abdominal subcutaneous fat-matched (230.6+/-24.9 versus 261.4+/-34.8 cm(2), P>0.05) peers with lower abdominal visceral fat levels (LAVF; n=13, visceral fat=73.0+/-6.0 cm(2)).Methods and Results-MSNA (microneurography), body composition (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry), and abdominal visceral and subcutaneous fat (computed tomography) were measured in 37 sedentary men across a wide range of adiposity. MSNA was approximate to55% higher in men with HAVF compared with men with LAVF (33+/-4 versus 21+/-2 bursts/min, P