Burden and rates of treatment and control of cardiovascular disease risk factors in obesity: the Framingham Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Obesity is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We sought to determine rates of treatment and control of CVD risk factors among normal weight, overweight, and obese individuals in a community-based cohort.

Research design and methods

Participants free of CVD (n = 6,801; mean age 49 years; 54% women) from the Framingham Offspring and Third Generation cohorts who attended the seventh Offspring examination (1998-2001) or first Third Generation (2002-2005) examination were studied.

Results

Obese participants with hypertension were more likely to receive antihypertensive treatment (62.3%) than normal weight (58.7%) or overweight (59.0%) individuals (P = 0.002), but no differences in hypertension control across BMI subgroups among pa

SUBMITTER: Molenaar EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2453683 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature