Patient- and physician-level determinants of blood pressure response to treatment in normal weight and overweight patients (the PREVIEW study)

Abstract Background and aims Obesity combined with hypertension places patients at greater risk for target-organ damage and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to identify physician- and patient-levels determinants of blood pressure (BP) values and predictors of uncont...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases, 2013-04, Vol.23 (4), p.314-322
Hauptverfasser: Abraham, I, MacDonald, K, Song, M, Ciesielski, G, Pacheco, C, Lee, C, Cholette, M, Kinsey, K, Speaks, P, Hermans, C, Brié, H, Reel, S, Van der Niepen, P, Yee, B, Vancayzeele, S
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Background and aims Obesity combined with hypertension places patients at greater risk for target-organ damage and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to identify physician- and patient-levels determinants of blood pressure (BP) values and predictors of uncontrolled BP through subgroup analysis by body mass index (BMI). Methods and results We conducted a subgroup analysis of 3006 patients with High-BMI (BMI >25 kg/m2 ; n = 2124) and Normal-BMI (BMI
ISSN:0939-4753
1590-3729
DOI:10.1016/j.numecd.2011.06.005