Open AccessHow much excess weight loss can reduce the risk of hypertension?
Author(s) -
Jalal Poorolajal,
Elham Hooshmand,
Masoud Bahrami,
Pegah Ameri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdw077
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , excess weight , weight loss , relative risk , attributable risk , prospective cohort study , cohort study , absolute risk reduction , risk factor , epidemiology , confidence interval
A 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of hypertension is a global target. This meta-analysis estimated the effect of excess weight loss on hypertension.
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