Obesity and Hypertension: Clinical and Experimental Observations

Article1 July 1939OBESITY AND HYPERTENSION: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONSJ. EDWIN WOOD JR., F.A.C.P., JAMES R. CASHJ. EDWIN WOOD JR., F.A.C.P., JAMES R. CASHAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-1-81 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClinical studies have indicated a definite correlation between obesity and increased systolic blood pressure. This observation has received statistical support from several angles. There is also a general impression among physicians that overweight unfavorably influences an existing essential hypertension, while often but not always blood pressure levels fall with weight reduction. Aside from these generalizations little can be learned from the literature relative to any specific or prolonged effects of weight reduction on hypertension. 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