background : association between body mass indexes (bmi) and blood pressure have been observed, but remains poorly understood. bmi is shown to be a measure of overweight status and is applicable to all populations. in this cross-sectional study we have examined the relationship between the bmi and blood pressure in school age children.   methods: this study comprised of 486 boys and 463 girls a...

abstract  introduction: smoking is an important risk factor of coronary artery disease. nicotine replacement therapy (nrt) for smoking cessation should be considered, especially in coronary patients. methods: twenty-four healthy smokers, smoking an average of 20 cigarettes a day for 15 years and with moderate cigarette dependence (according to the fagershtrum questionnaire score) were randomly ...

Higher midlife blood pressure increases risk for dementia. To further understand the relation between blood pressure and dementia, it is necessary to examine evolution of blood pressure from midlife to late life. We examined blood pressure trajectories using linear mixed models in a representative sample of middle-aged women (N=1462) who were followed from 1968-1969 until 2005-2006 with compreh...