TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations of body composition measures and C2, a marker for small artery elasticity
T2 - The MESA
AU - Forbang, Nketi I.
AU - Allison, Matthew A.
AU - Ix, Joachim H.
AU - Criqui, Michael H.
AU - Vaidya, Dhanajay
AU - Yeboah, Joseph
AU - Duprez, Daniel A.
AU - Jacobs, David R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Obesity Society.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Objective Lower C2, a continuous blood pressure waveform characteristic asserted to represent small artery elasticity, predicts future cardiovascular disease events. It is hypothesized that the paradoxical positive association between body mass index (BMI) and C2 may reflect muscle instead of excess fat. Methods In a multi-ethnic, community-living cohort of 1,960 participants, computed tomography scans of the abdomen were used to measure visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and total abdominal muscle tissue (TAMT), and applanation tonometry of the radial arteries was used to assess C2. The period cross-sectional associations between BMI, TAMT, and VAT with C2 were ascertained. Results The mean age was 62 ± 9 years and 51% were male. After adjustments for age, gender, ethnicity, pack years smoking cigarettes, diabetes, hypertension, and total and HDL cholesterol, higher BMI (standardized beta = 0.09, P-value < 0.01) and more TAMT (standardized beta = 0.12, P-value < 0.01) were significantly associated with higher C2. In contrast, more VAT (standardized beta = -0.09, P-value < 0.01) was associated with lower C2. Conclusions In multivariable analysis, VAT, in contrast to TAMT and BMI, was associated with less compliant small arteries. Visceral fat may be a better marker for detrimental excess body fat than BMI.
AB - Objective Lower C2, a continuous blood pressure waveform characteristic asserted to represent small artery elasticity, predicts future cardiovascular disease events. It is hypothesized that the paradoxical positive association between body mass index (BMI) and C2 may reflect muscle instead of excess fat. Methods In a multi-ethnic, community-living cohort of 1,960 participants, computed tomography scans of the abdomen were used to measure visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and total abdominal muscle tissue (TAMT), and applanation tonometry of the radial arteries was used to assess C2. The period cross-sectional associations between BMI, TAMT, and VAT with C2 were ascertained. Results The mean age was 62 ± 9 years and 51% were male. After adjustments for age, gender, ethnicity, pack years smoking cigarettes, diabetes, hypertension, and total and HDL cholesterol, higher BMI (standardized beta = 0.09, P-value < 0.01) and more TAMT (standardized beta = 0.12, P-value < 0.01) were significantly associated with higher C2. In contrast, more VAT (standardized beta = -0.09, P-value < 0.01) was associated with lower C2. Conclusions In multivariable analysis, VAT, in contrast to TAMT and BMI, was associated with less compliant small arteries. Visceral fat may be a better marker for detrimental excess body fat than BMI.
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U2 - 10.1002/oby.21221
DO - 10.1002/oby.21221
M3 - Article
C2 - 26373903
AN - SCOPUS:84946500551
VL - 23
SP - 2294
EP - 2298
JO - Obesity
JF - Obesity
SN - 1930-7381
IS - 11
ER -