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Obesity and hypertension.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Dec 2003
El-Atat Fadi, Aneja Ashish, Mcfarlane Samy, Sowers James
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This article has discussed some of the mechanisms involved in the causal relation between obesity and hypertension. Obesity causes a constellation of maladaptive disorders that individually and synergistically contribute to hypertension, among other cardiovascular morbidities. Well-designed population-based studies are needed to assess the individual contribution of each of these disorders to the development of...
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