Obesity and blood pressure in the elderly free-living population

Abstract

Objective: The aim of presented analysis was to determine the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and different indices of obesity in the elderly free-living population. Design and methods: In 317 inhabitants of the randomly chosen area of Cracow (70 years old and older) who could come to the out-patient clinic for an interview, BP, weight and height were taken. Body mass index (BMI) was used to classify the population into lean (BMI Ͻ 25 kg/m 2 ), overweight (25 р BMI Ͻ 30 kg/m 2 ) and obese (BMI у 30 kg/m 2 ) subjects. In order to separate the effect of adipose tissue and lean body mass, weight of total adipose tissue (AT) and lean body mass (LBM) were calculated according to the anthropometric CTcalibrated equations.

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“…The prevalence of obesity is increasing drastically in many countries in the recent decade (1, 2, 3, 4), and it has become particularly high in the elderly population (4, 5, 6). In the elderly, obesity has been associated not only with increased mortality (7, 8) but also with elevated risks of type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (9, 10), hypertension (11), lipid abnormalities (12, 13), stroke (14), and coronary heart disease (15, 16). Furthermore, the quality of life among the obese elderly population is poorer than among their non‐obese counterpart, which is not solely attributable to an unhealthy lifestyle or the obesity‐related chronic disease (17).…”

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