Ye S, et al. - Researchers studied the relationship between body composition (including skeletal muscle and fat mass) and blood pressure (BP) and hypertension by analyzing data from 3,130 study participants aged 18 to 80 years. Using multivariate linear and logistic regression models, they analyzed the correlations of total skeletal muscle (TSM), body fat percentage, android to gynoid fat ratio, and leg and arm lean body mass (LBM) with BP and hypertension. After bearing in mind possible confounding factors, including body fat and fat distribution, different indices of TSM, particularly in arm LBM, were all positively related to elevated BP, prehypertension, and hypertension in Chinese adults.