title: Hypertension, obesity and response to antihypertensive treatment: results of a community survey.
abstract: A random sample of 2,854 subjects aged 35-64 was examined in the town of Vicenza (Italy) as part of the 'Hypertension Management Audit Project'. Pearson's correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis considering systolic and diastolic blood pressure, age and body mass index (BMI) were performed. SBP was more closely correlated with age than DBP. BMI correlated with both SBP and DBP, but very little with age. Fifty-seven percent of the men had a BMI of 25.5 or more and 49% of the women had a BMI of 24.5 or more. The quality of BP control in the treated patients was worse in the overweight when compared with the lean patients, although overweight and lean patients are treated with the same frequency.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Clinicizzata di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vezù
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincenzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents