Cardiovascular risk in overweight/obese and lean hypertensive patients

Introduction: Obesity and hypertension have been identified as independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the role of obesity in the development and progression of target-organ disease in hypertensive patients is controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the im...

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Main Authors: Ana Luísa Neves, Luciana Couto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255114000821