INS and Abdominal obesity: This relationship can be related to the presence of higherserum level of insulin in people with abdominal obesity, regardlessly the bodyweight,29 since theinsulin hormone induces various signals that promote increase of BP, which includesinduction of vasoconstriction and proliferation of smooth muscle cells in bloodvessels; promotion of pro-inflammatory activity; stimulus of renal absorption ofsodium and sympathetic response.30-32