Open AccessBody Mass Index and Hypertension Hemodynamic Subtypes in the Adult US Population
Author(s) -
Julio A. Chirinos,
Stanley S. Franklin,
Raymond R. Townsend,
Leopoldo Raij
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.611
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , body mass index , odds ratio , obesity , hemodynamics , confidence interval , blood pressure , cardiology , population , diastole , environmental health
Obesity produces various hemodynamic abnormalities that may impact hypertension subtypes. Similarly, the study of hypertension subtypes provides important information regarding the relative importance of hemodynamic abnormalities contributing to obesity-related hypertension.
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