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Weight gain and blood pressure

Sundström, Johan ; Lind, Lars ; Lampa, Erik ; Angerås, Oskar ; Bachus, Erasmus LU ; Bergström, Göran ; Carlberg, Bo ; Engström, Gunnar LU ; Engvall, Jan E and Eriksson, Mats , et al. (2020) In Journal of Hypertension 38(3). p.387-394
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although the causality of the obesity--hypertension association is established, the potential for prevention is not. We hypothesized that weight gain between early adulthood and mid-life is associated with higher mid-life blood pressure.

METHODS: We investigated the hypothesis using a large contemporaneous population-based mid-life cohort of men and women aged 50-64 years. Recalled body weight at age 20 years was self-reported, and mid-life body weight and office blood pressures were measured in accordance with a detailed protocol.

RESULTS: On average, men had gained 14.9 (95% CI 14.6-15.2) kg of weight, and women 14.6 (95% CI 14.4-14.9) kg, between age 20 years and the mid-life examination, corresponding to 0.40... (More)

OBJECTIVE: Although the causality of the obesity--hypertension association is established, the potential for prevention is not. We hypothesized that weight gain between early adulthood and mid-life is associated with higher mid-life blood pressure.

METHODS: We investigated the hypothesis using a large contemporaneous population-based mid-life cohort of men and women aged 50-64 years. Recalled body weight at age 20 years was self-reported, and mid-life body weight and office blood pressures were measured in accordance with a detailed protocol.

RESULTS: On average, men had gained 14.9 (95% CI 14.6-15.2) kg of weight, and women 14.6 (95% CI 14.4-14.9) kg, between age 20 years and the mid-life examination, corresponding to 0.40 (95% CI 0.39-0.41) kg/year for men and women. Both weight at age 20 years and weight at the mid-life examination were associated with mid-life blood pressures. On average, a 10 kg weight increase between age 20 years and mid-life was associated with 2.2 (95% CI 0.9-3.5) mmHg higher systolic and 1.7 (95% CI 0.9-2.5) mmHg higher diastolic mid-life blood pressure in men, and 3.2 (2.5-4.0) mmHg higher systolic and 2.4 (1.9-2.9) mmHg higher diastolic mid-life blood pressure in women. Mid-life weight was more closely associated than weight at age 20 years with mid-life blood pressure. For a given mid-life weight, blood pressure was higher in persons with higher weight gain from age 20 years.

CONCLUSION: In sum, weight gain between early adulthood and mid-life was associated with higher mid-life blood pressure. The magnitude of the association indicates a potentially great public health impact of strategies to prevent weight gain throughout adulthood.

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Journal of Hypertension
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1473-5598
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10.1097/HJH.0000000000002298
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English
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  author       = {{Sundström, Johan and Lind, Lars and Lampa, Erik and Angerås, Oskar and Bachus, Erasmus and Bergström, Göran and Carlberg, Bo and Engström, Gunnar and Engvall, Jan E and Eriksson, Mats and Gigante, Bruna and Hagström, Emil and Hjelmgren, Ola and Jansson, Jan-Håkan and Jernberg, Tomas and Mannila, Maria and Nyström, Fredrik H and Oldgren, Jonas and Persson, Margaretha and Sandström, Anette and Swahn, Eva and Söderberg, Stefan and Torén, Kjell and Östgren, Carl Johan and Rosengren, Annika}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{387--394}},
  publisher    = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
  series       = {{Journal of Hypertension}},
  title        = {{Weight gain and blood pressure}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002298}},
  doi          = {{10.1097/HJH.0000000000002298}},
  volume       = {{38}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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