Obesity and hypertension: cardiovascular response of weight reduction.

Obesity and hypertension: cardiovascular response of weight reduction.

There is a close epidemiological association between obesity and blood pressure for all age groups, although not every obese individual becomes hypertensive. In populations without age-related increases in body weight, an elevation of blood pressure with age is not seen. Treatment of obesity by weight loss decreases blood pressure substantially; however, in a minority of patients blood pressure...

Obesity and Hypertension: Cardiovascular Response to Weight Reduction

There is a close epidemiological association between obesity and blood pressure for all age groups, although not every obese individual becomes hypertensive. In populations without agerelated increases in body weight, an elevation of blood pressure with age is not seen. Treatment of obesity by weight loss decreases blood pressure substantially; however, in a minority of patients blood pressure ...

Cardiovascular effects of weight reduction.

Weight reduction programs usually improve the exercise capacity of patients with chronic exogenous obesity. However, the reversibility of left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction associated with obesity is unknown. Accordingly, an analysis was made of hemodynamic data obtained by cardiac catheterization and standard chest roentgenograms in nine markedly obese patients before and after weigh...

Sleep Disorders, Obesity, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Risk

1Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2Langone Medical Center, New York University, NY, USA 3Department of Cardiology, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA 4Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Ams...

Weight reduction in the management of hypertension.