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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Guallar-Castillón, Pilar
• Banegas Banegas, José Ramón
• García De Yébenes, M Jesús
• Gutiérrez-Fisac, Juan Luis
• López García, Esther
• Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando

Titel

Association of cardiovascular disease with overweight and obesity in Spain

Ist Teil von

• Medicina clínica, 2002-05, Vol.118 (16), p.616-618

Ort / Verlag

Spain

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Our purpose was to examine the relationship of overweight and obesity with cardiovascular disorders. Data from the 1993 Spanish National Health Survey (16,692 subjects with a body mass index [BMI] >= 18.5 kg/m2). After adjustment for age, residence city size and tobacco consumption, we observed a positive dose-response relationship (p linear trend < 0.05) of BMI >= 18.5 kg/m2 with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes in both sexes, as well as with heart diseases in women. These associations decreased with age. Overweight and obesity are associated with a greater frequency of cardiovascular disorders in Spain.