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Does higher body mass index, abdominal adiposity, or weight gain increase the risk of developing hypertension?
Does higher body mass index, abdominal adiposity, or weight gain increase the risk of developing hypertension?
Maintaining a lean body mass within the normal BMI range is recommended for the primary prevention of hypertension.
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Supports targeting lowest normal BMI for hypertension prevention; confirms dose-response risk in pooled meta-analysis.
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Jayedi et al. (2018) studied this question.
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