Adipose cell size in patients with essential hypertension.
The fat cell volume from subcutaneous adipose tissue of the anterior abdominal wall has been evaluated in 10 male patients with essential hypertension and in 10 male normotensive control subjects of normal body weight as well as in 9 male obese hypertensives. In both groups with normal weight no significant differences could be confirmed whereas in hypertensives with overweight the adipose cell volume was significantly increased. Thus, no evidence of enlarged adipocytes as a primary defect in patients with high blood pressure could be obtained. The results are discussed in view of obesity, hyperlipoproteinaemia (HLP), increased lipolysis, impaired glucose tolerance, and high insulin response which frequently are associated with essential hypertension and usually favour the accumulation of triglycerides in hepatocytes and adipocytes.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001699:Biometry; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D007328:Insulin; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol