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The amount of fat stored around internal organs and within muscles and the liver is more strongly linked to signs of aging in the heart and blood vessels than overall body weight measured by BMI.

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Sex-specific body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular ageing

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2025 Dec 8

This study found that where fat is stored in the body—like around the organs or in muscles—is a better sign of heart aging than just how much a person weighs. So even if someone isn't overweight, storing fat in the wrong places can still hurt their heart health.

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Sex-specific body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular ageing

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf553

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In middle-aged adults, having more fat around the internal organs is linked to a faster rate of cardiovascular aging, with each additional liter of this fat corresponding to an extra 0.656 years of biological aging in the heart and blood vessels, even after accounting for overall body weight and chronological age.

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Higher amounts of fat in the liver are linked to older biological cardiovascular age compared to fat stored around the abdomen, with each 1% increase in liver fat corresponding to about 1.066 additional years of cardiovascular aging.

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As people get older, they tend to have more fat around their organs and less under the skin, making weight and waist measurements less reliable for detecting health risks in seniors.

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Older adults who are more physically fit tend to have less body fat, especially fat around the organs, even if their weight looks normal.

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In men, having more fat around the upper body is linked to an older biological age of the heart and blood vessels, with each extra kilogram of this fat type adding nearly a year to cardiovascular age. This link is not seen in women.

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