Open AccessAssociation of obesity and pulse pressure with hypertension in an Iranian urban population
Author(s) -
Mohammad Reza Shojaei,
Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi,
Karamatollah Rahmanian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_723_20
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , obesity , logistic regression , population , pulse pressure , angina , marital status , statistical significance , demography , physical therapy , environmental health , myocardial infarction , sociology
Nowadays, obesity is an important health problem and pulse pressure (PP) is a good predictor of cardiovascular events. The aim of study was to determine the association of obesity and PP with hypertension (HTN) in individuals aged 30 years or older in the urban population of Jahrom, Iran.