Key result
Long-term overweight links to hypertension in both sexes, but recent overweight status only in women.
Why the study?
Longitudinal studies on the effect of weight gain on blood pressure and hypertension development are relatively rare.
Does long-term overweight status or recent weight gain increase the risk of developing hypertension in adults with normal baseline blood pressure?
Cohort (n=1,383)
Does long-term overweight status or recent weight gain increase the risk of developing hypertension in adults with normal baseline blood pressure?
Long-term overweight status and recent weight gain are significant risk factors for developing hypertension, highlighting the importance of weight maintenance in primary prevention.
Overweight is associated with hypertension, but longitudinal studies on the effect of weight gain on blood pressure are relatively rare. Aim of this study was to investigate association of long-term overweight status as well as of becoming overweight with hypertension. Odds of hypertension in 2008 were calculated for 1,383 respondents from Croatian Adult Health Cohort Study (CroHort) who had normal blood pressure in 2003. The results showed that for women both long-term overweight status and recently becoming overweight (in the last 5 years) were significantly associated with development of hypertension, while for men this was true only for long-term overweight. Prevention activities aimed at maintenance of normal body weight should be important part of primary prevention of hypertension.
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Ivicević et al. (2012) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=1,383). Long-term overweight status and weight gain vs. Normal body weight was evaluated on Development of hypertension. Long-term overweight status and recently becoming overweight over 5 years were significantly associated with the development of hypertension in women, while only long-term overweight was associated in men.
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