Does obese BMI increase the risk of specific hypertension subtypes in U.S. and Indian adults?
Obese BMI is strongly associated with isolated diastolic hypertension in both U.S. and Indian adults.
The purpose of this cross-sectional, secondary analysis was to determine the association between BMI U.S.: 4.33 2.88,6.52; India: 2.51 2.41,2.60). Furthermore, BMI was more strongly associated with IDH than other hypertension subtypes in U.S. and non-obese Indian adults. In obese Indian adults, we observed higher odds of isolated systolic hypertension until the 6th decade, and systo-diastolic hypertension thereafter. Triglyceride levels were associated with IDH in U.S. adults (1.94 1.43,2.63).
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