Why the study?
Does smoking status affect the likelihood of hypertension when stratified by obesity in a general population?
Population
6,903 individuals aged 18 to 79 from a national probability sample in Germany
Comparison
Never or former smoking status vs Current smoking status
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Obesity may drive hypertension risk among long-term former smokers; leaves open whether cessation independently affects BP in prospective data.
Does smoking status affect the likelihood of hypertension when stratified by obesity in a general population?
In a nationally representative German sample, never or former smoking was unrelated to hypertension among normal-weight individuals, suggesting that the higher prevalence of hypertension in former smokers is driven by obesity.
Ulrich John (2006) studied this question.
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