Strong independent association between obesity and essential hypertension

Summary Obesity and hypertension (HTN) are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Association between obesity and HTN has not been studied in a large populations following adjustment for comorbidities. The goal of this study was to evaluate any association between obesity and HTN after adjus...

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Published in:Clinical obesity 2016-06, Vol.6 (3), p.189-192
Main Authors: Movahed, M. R., Lee, J. Z., Lim, W. Y., Hashemzadeh, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Elevated blood pressure
Hypertension
hypertensive heart disease
Obesity
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Summary:Summary Obesity and hypertension (HTN) are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Association between obesity and HTN has not been studied in a large populations following adjustment for comorbidities. The goal of this study was to evaluate any association between obesity and HTN after adjusting for baseline characteristics. We used ICD‐9 codes for obesity and HTN from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) databases. Two randomly selected years, 1992 and 2002, were chosen from the databases as two independent samples. We used uni‐ and multivariable analysis to study any correlation between obesity and HTN. The 1992 database contained a total of 6,195,744 patients. HTN was present in 37.2 % of patients with obesity versus 12% of the control group (OR: 4.36, CI 4.30–4.42, P 
ISSN:1758-8103
1758-8111
DOI:10.1111/cob.12139