Adipokine apelin activity in patients with essential hypertension and central obesity

Abstract

Obesity has been consistently associated with hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk. BMI as a measure of obesity is a good predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular mortality seems to be better predicted by abdominal or central obesity in addition to BMI. Aim of the study: to investigate apelin’s activity in patients with essential hypertension with obesity according to the type of obesity.