Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora
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2018
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension, however, the physiologic mechanisms linking increased adiposity to elevations in blood pressure are not well described. An increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) is an obligatory consequence of obesity. Previous survey research has demonstrated that REE is an independent predictor of blood pressure, and eliminates the co-linear association of body mass index. This observation has received little attention and there have been no attempts to provide a causal explanation.
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Dugas, L.R. 2018. Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 18(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34248