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. 2021 May 14;22(10):5187. doi: 10.3390/ijms22105187

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Relationship between obesity and blood pressure (BP). Insulin-mediated sympathetic stimulation is a mechanism recruited in the obese to restore energy balance by increasing metabolic rate. The increased BP is related to the increased levels of insulin and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity [3].