Obesity, Systemic Hypertension, and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Tale of Three Diseases

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially ischemic heart disease and stroke, is the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than one-third of all deaths annually. Hypertension is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor of CVD-related deaths. The same is true for obesity, which is cu...

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Published in:	Current problems in cardiology Vol. 46; no. 3; p. 100599
Main Authors:	Wahab, Abdul, Dey, Amit K., Bandyopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti, Katikineni, Veena, Chopra, Rajus, Vedantam, Karthik S., Devraj, Mithun, Chowdary, Anil K., Navarengom, Keron, Lavie, Carl J, Kolpakchi, Anna, Jneid, Hani
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-03-2021
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Summary:	Cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially ischemic heart disease and stroke, is the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than one-third of all deaths annually. Hypertension is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor of CVD-related deaths. The same is true for obesity, which is currently being recognized as a major global epidemic. The prevalence of obesity in the United States has increased dramatically, from 13.4% in 1960 to 36.5% in 2014, with as much as 70.7% of the American adult population being overweight or obese (CDC). Epidemiological studies have shown that obesity predisposes to hypertension and CVD – with the relationship between markers of obesity and blood pressure being almost linear across different populations. In this review, we discuss systemic and pulmonary hypertension in the context of obesity.
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ISSN:	0146-2806 1535-6280
DOI:	10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2020.100599