Why the study?
Does the combination of obesity and hypertension worsen diastolic dysfunction and reduce exercise capacity compared to either condition alone or normal controls?
Population
Subjects with available echocardiographic and treadmill exercise stress test data, categorized as normal…
Comparison
Presence of obesity and hypertension vs Normal controls, obese only, or hypertensive only
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May flag combined obesity-hypertension for closer monitoring; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before practice change.
Does the combination of obesity and hypertension worsen diastolic dysfunction and reduce exercise capacity compared to either condition alone or normal controls?
The cumulative burden of obesity and hypertension is associated with a significantly increased risk of diastolic dysfunction and reduced exercise capacity.
Kim et al. (2016) studied this question.
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