Does increasing BMI percentile and obesity increase the risk of incident hypertension?
Weight gain and obesity over a short period are strongly associated with increased blood pressure and incident hypertension, highlighting the need for early prevention strategies.
We observed a strong, statistically significant association between increasing BMI percentile and increases in BP percentile, with risk of incident HTN associated primarily with obesity. The adverse impact of weight gain and obesity in this cohort over a short period underscores the early need for effective strategies for prevention of overweight and obesity.
Parker et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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