Excess weight increases the heart's workload, straining the heart and leading to problems like high blood pressure. A higher body mass index (BMI ... is linked to between 65% and 78% of primary ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition that is often seen in people with type 2 diabetes. It’s unknown why there’s such a significant relationship between the two diseases.

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation ... between the two is your BMI. Excess weight increases how hard the heart has to work, it also raises blood ...

In people with HIV taking antiretroviral therapy, excessive visceral abdominal fat drives cardiovascular disease risk, even ...

no direct link was found between BMI and individual genetic variants, suggesting these factors influence blood pressure through separate biological pathways. Of the 1,294 participants screened ...

However, the relation of a high BMI during childhood and puberty to blood pressure in midlife is unknown. Researchers ...