Influence of Weight Reduction on Blood Pressure
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Increased body weight is a strong risk factor for hypertension. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was performed to estimate the effect of weight reduction on blood pressure overall and in population subgroups. Twenty-five randomized, controlled trials (comprising 34 strata) published between 1966 and 2002 with a total of 4874 participants were included. A random-effects model was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000094221.86888.ae