Background: Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs) including hypertension (HT) which is itself a risk factor for CVDs. Recent studies …

Ghana is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition from solely communicable to a
double burden of infectious and chronic disease such as hypertension. Aims: We aimed to …

Introduction: Evidence that hypertension is related to increase in body fat is well established
in literature. Evidence gathered from several studies shows that central obesity is a greater …

Obesity can be a major problem due to its potential to cause a number of health issues,
including high blood pressure and diabetes. Many reports have come out of Palestine on …

Background Menopause is the transient period of declined ovarian activity and decreased
oestrogen level associated with increased chances of obesity and increased comorbidities …

This study was undertaken from 2009–2011 to understand the association between body
mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP)(systolic or SBP and diastolic or DBP) among …

Background: Controversies over the value of BMI for the estimation of body fat have led to
recommendations of the use of new methods to measure body fat. The objective of the study …

Arterial hypertension is reported to be associated with high body mass index (BMI).
However, it is also interesting to find the association between BMI-based undernutrition and …

Background and Objectives: Many studies have well documented that there is a positive
association between body mass index and systolic blood pressure as well as body mass …

The association between Obesity and Blood Pressure is well documented and a series of
Obesity indices are used as risk factors or indicators of Blood Pressure or the presence of …