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Cardiovascular risk in overweight/obese and lean hypertensive patients

Author(s) -

Ana Luísa Neves,

Luciana Couto

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

revista portuguesa de cardiologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2174-2030

pISSN - 0870-2551

DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2013.10.016

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , framingham heart study , risk factor , framingham risk score , lipid profile , disease , cholesterol

Obesity and hypertension have been identified as independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the role of obesity in the development and progression of target-organ disease in hypertensive patients is controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of body weight on cardiovascular risk factors, target-organ disease and global cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients in a primary care setting.

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