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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2026

Sex-specific association between obesity and sympathetic nerve activity in HFpEF.

Takuro Washio, Sarah L Hissen, John D Akins, Ryosuke Takeda, Andrew W D'Souza, James P MacNamara, Satyam Sarma, Daniel W Trott, Kevin Lutz, Christopher M Hearon and 4 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors.

Takuro WashioInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8992-0916
Sarah L HissenInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3181-6961
John D AkinsInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0172-9154
Ryosuke TakedaInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6535-0912
Andrew W D'SouzaInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7024-0446
James P MacNamaraInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2795-6021
Satyam SarmaInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0628-4919
Daniel W TrottUniversity of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4872-4422
Kevin LutzDepartment of Health Data Science and Biostatistics, O'Donnell School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6687-0637
Christopher M HearonInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6561-3532
Tony G BabbInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0515-2164
Benjamin D LevineInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9064-7251
Paul J FadelUniversity of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0115-0743
Qi FuInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4218-9126

Funding

Targeting skeletal muscle to improve exercise capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.P01HL137630 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BABB, TONY G · 2019 to 2023
$11.4M
Hypertension and Antihypertensive Therapy in Elderly WomenR01HL091078 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FU, QI · 2008 to 2011
$1.6M
American Heart Association (AHA) 24POST1191431HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P01HL13763HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01HL091078NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL137630NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is more prevalent in women than in men, and most patients with HFpEF are overweight or obese in the United States. However, whether the impact of obesity on autonomic dysregulation and inflammation differs by sex in HFpEF remains unknown. We investigated sex-specific associations between obesity, inflammation, and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in patients with HFpEF. In 57 HFpEF patients (mean ± SD; 71 ± 7 yr; 37 women, 20 men) and 69 non-HFpEF controls (70 ± 6 yr; 43 women, 26 men), body mass index (BMI), MSNA, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured during supine rest. A significant sex-by-BMI interaction was observed for the associations between BMI and MSNA (

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Heart FailureMuscle, SkeletalObesityStroke VolumeSympathetic Nervous SystemAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCase-Control StudiesC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsC-Reactive Proteinbody fatC-reactive proteininflammatory markersmuscle sympathetic nerve activitysex differences

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PMID42531524
PMCPMC13552271

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