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SUBMITTER: Haddadin F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8030605 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haddadin Faris F Sud Karan K Munoz Estrella Alba A Moctezuma Sananda S Wu Lingling L Berookhim Joshua J Lucas Claire Huang CH Patel Dipal D Argulian Edgar E
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20190826 10
Obesity is significantly associated with uncontrolled blood pressure and resistant hypertension (RH). There are limited studies on the prevalence and determinants of RH in patients with higher body mass index (BMI) values. Since the hypertension guidelines changed in 2017, the prevalence of RH has become unknown and now is subject to be estimated by further studies. We conducted a cross-sectional study in an urban Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City aiming to estimate the prevalen ...[more]