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ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2014

Obesity and hypertension in the Argentinian population compared to the white Hispanic population of the United States.

Mónica G Díaz, Eduardo J Rusak, Erwin A Aguilar, Claudio A Bellido

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mónica G DíazDivision of Cardiology, Hospital Ignacio Pirovano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Eduardo J Rusak
Erwin A Aguilar
Claudio A Bellido
Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" · ARLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USUniversity of Buenos Aires · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension and obesity are two closely related pathologies in clinical practice. Currently, about one billion adults worldwide are overweight, and it is estimated that, if no serious action is taken to effect profound change, that figure will continue to rise throughout this century. Hypertension is also a serious public health problem worldwide, one that, along with type 2 diabetes, is growing due to increases in both life expectancy and obesity. However, the rate of increase varies by population group. For example, in the United States, the prevalence of obesity differs quite markedly among the white population of European origin, African American individuals, and the Latin American population. This disparity exists among other populations as well, such as that of Argentina, where obesity is less prevalent than in the United States. This significant difference between the Argentinean population and that of American whites may be explained by the former population's migratory origin and distinct eating habits.

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Hispanic or LatinoArgentinaBlack or African AmericanBlack PeopleHumansHypertensionObesityPrevalenceUnited StatesWhite People

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PMID24792090
OpenAlexW2094892793

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