[Different prevalence of some indices of cardiac and vascular impairment in normal weight and obese patients with essential arterial hypertension].
Certain physiopathological features that differentiate essential arterial hypertension in normal weight and obese patients are recalled. The results of a retrospective study carried out in 293 hypertensive patients admitted to the Clinic in recent years are reported with a view to evaluating the prevalence of certain parameters (ischaemic cardiopathy, left ventricular hypertrophy, renal, vasculo-cerebral and retinal impairment) in patients subdivided into two groups: normal weight and obese. The study showed in the first group a higher prevalence of signs of ischaemic cardiopathy; in the second a higher prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy. This difference is accentuated in the subgroup of smokers as regards ischaemic cardiopathy and in non-smokers as regards left ventricular hypertrophy. The possible explanations for this different behaviour are discussed.
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D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Differente prevalenza di alcuni indici di compromissione cardiaca e vascolare in pazienti normopeso e obesi affetti da ipertensione arteriosa essenziale.