Investigation of plasma apelin level in patients with essential hypertension corresponding to the type of obesity

Abstract

Obesity has been consistently associated with hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk. Based on population studies risk estimates indicate that at least two-thirds of the prevalence of hypertension can be directly attributed to obesity. Although BMI as a measure of obesity is a good predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, as recently described in two separate meta-analyses [1, 2], overall mortality and especially cardiovascular mortality seems to be better predicted by abdominal or central obesity in addition to BMI