Muscle fat can increase risk of heart disease, regardless of BMI, study finds
New Delhi, January 25, 2025.
at stored in muscles can damage blood vessels and increase risk of hospitalisation or death due to heart disease, regardless of body mass index, according to a new study.
Researchers, led by those at Brigham and Women's Hospital, US, found that every one per cent increase in muscle fat was associated with an increase of two per cent in risk of coronary microvascular dysfunction -- when small blood vessels of heart malfunction -- and that of seven per cent for serious heart disease, irrespective of known risk factors.
The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, added evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index or waist circumference, are not adequate to evaluate the risk of heart disease accurately for all people.
