Interactive Effects of Physical Fitness and Body Mass Index on the Risk of Hypertension
Author(s) -
Casey Crump,
Jan Sundquist,
Marilyn A. Winkleby,
Kristina Sundquist
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7444
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , body mass index , rate ratio , physical fitness , aerobic exercise , cohort , incidence (geometry) , physical therapy , cohort study , aerobic capacity , demography , confidence interval , physics , sociology , optics
High body mass index (BMI) and low physical fitness are risk factors for hypertension, but their interactive effects are unknown. Elucidation of interactions between these modifiable risk factors may help inform more effective interventions in susceptible subgroups.
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