abdominal obesity predictors of deterioration of glucose tolerance and effects of lifestyle intervention aimed at reducing visceral fat in normal glucose tolerance subjects with abdominal obesity, Akita 218–224 Abstracts from the 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes, 22–24 July 2011, Beijing, China Supplement 1, 1–106 adipocyte adipocytes as a vehicle for ex...

The results of a number of studies performed over the years support the hypothesis that short-term blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) assessed within 24 hours is an independent determinant of organ damage and cardiovascular events in hypertension. More recently, a few articles have raised interest also in BP fluctuations occurring over longer time periods. Rothwell et al assessed the variabi...