Key result
The linear relationship between body mass index and blood pressure weakened over 15 years, with a 1 kg/m2 BMI increment raising systolic BP by 2.0 mm Hg in 1989 versus 1.3 mm Hg in 2004.
Cross-Sectional (n=2,336)
The linear relationship between BMI and blood pressure has weakened over a 15-year period in the Seychelles, despite an increase in the prevalence of overweight.
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Slight BP decline over 15 years in Seychelles should not change practice; leaves open BMI's contribution to population trends.
Danon‐Hersch et al. (2007) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension and obesity (n=2,336). Body mass index vs. Time period (1989 vs 2004) was evaluated on Relationship between body mass index and blood pressure. The linear relationship between body mass index and blood pressure weakened over 15 years, with a 1 kg/m2 BMI increment raising systolic BP by 2.0 mm Hg in 1989 versus 1.3 mm Hg in 2004.
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