Altered Relationship of Blood Pressure to Adiposity in Hypertension
Author(s) -
Theodore A. Kotchen,
Clarence E. Grim,
Jane Morley Kotchen,
Shanthi Krishnaswami,
Hongyan Yang,
Raymond G. Hoffmann,
Emily L. McGinley
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.48
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , body mass index , prehypertension , waist , quartile , anthropometry , obesity , endocrinology , national health and nutrition examination survey , outpatient clinic , cardiology , population , confidence interval , environmental health
Blood pressure levels and the prevalence of hypertension are related to adiposity. We evaluated the relationship of adiposity to blood pressure in normotensive and untreated hypertensive African Americans-an ethnic group with a high prevalence of hypertension and obesity.
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