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Obesity
Recent studies from Shiga University add new data to obesity
December 10th, 2007
According to recent research published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, "The increased prevalence of obesity in Japan may contribute to the high prevalence of hypertension in Japan. In the present study, we calculated the odds ratio for hypertension in obesity (body mass index (BMI) >= 25.0 kg/m(2)) using data from independent nationwide surveys conducted in 1980 and 1990." "We estimated the percentage of hypertensives whose condition was due to obesity among total hypertensives in the general Japanese population. In the 1980 survey, 18.8% of 4,623 male participants were obese and 50.4% were hypertensive, whereas 22.6% of 5,893 female participants were...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2007-12-10)
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