Researchers have believed for years that liver damage caused primarily by alcohol consumption is tied to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. In a new study that has been published in this month's Hypertension, lead author Savario Stranges, PhD, says that body fat distribution, weight fluctuations, and a liver enzyme called CGT are also high risk factors in the development of hypertension and heart disease.The study's findings indicate that physicians should look at fatty livers as an added metabolic risk factor to examine in their patients, to determine risks of hypertension and heart attacks. Concentrated abdominal fat seems to be a particular problem, and can also be a precursor to diabetes.
Alcohol consumption is still a known cause of hypertension, but non-drinkers with high body weights should have their livers examined for CGT enzymes to gauge their risk.
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