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Muscle microvascular reactivity and its associations with arterial stiffness and aortic pressures in postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity and hypertension.

Hypertension is associated with obesity and vascular dysfunction in postmenopausal women (PMW). We examined the impact of obesity and hypertension on forearm muscle microvascular reactivity and its associations with macrovascular function and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in PMW aged 50-69 years. They were classified b...