Why the study?
Are inflammatory markers associated with obesity or target organ damage in newly diagnosed untreated essential hypertensive patients?
Are inflammatory markers associated with obesity or target organ damage in newly diagnosed untreated essential hypertensive patients?
Inflammation in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients is independently associated with obesity, suggesting that weight management may help reduce both the inflammatory state and subsequent end-organ damage.
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Obesity may drive inflammation in untreated hypertension; hypothesis-generating for end-organ damage mechanisms.
Torun et al. (2011) studied this question.
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