A two-decade population-based study on the effect of hypertension in the general population with obesity in the United States.
Gwyneth KongYip-Han ChinJieyu LimCheng H NgShankar KannanBryan ChongChaoxing LinKai E ChanVickram V AnandEthan C Z LeeShaun LoongZhen Y WongChin M KhooMark MuthiahRoger FooGeorgios K DimitriadishGemma A FigtreeYibin WangMark ChanNicholas W S ChewPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2023)
The incremental mortality risk in controlled and uncontrolled hypertension, compared with the normotensive counterparts, irrespective of sex, age, and diabetes status, urges health care providers to optimize hypertension control and advocate weight loss to achieve better outcomes in obesity.