Open AccessHypertension in the Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes: Pathogenesis, Clinical Studies, and Treatment
Author(s) -
Izzo Joseph L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2003.02670.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , metabolic syndrome , intensive care medicine , obesity , pathogenesis , medline , bioinformatics , endocrinology , political science , law , biology
The increasing prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and abnormal glucose metabolism is a major challenge to health care in industrialized societies. This brief review summarizes the mechanistic evidence and clinical studies related to the problem of hypertension in the metabolic syndrome and diabetes to allow clinicians to provide more effective and enlightened management of these common, interrelated problems.