The relationship between hypertension and weight status in Iraqi population

الملخص EN

Most medical books and researches documented that increased body weight is a predisposing factor to hypertension, and there is recent work in this field as well.

In this research, the relationships between hypertension and body weight.

With age were studied in Iraqi population.

It is concluded that diastolic hypertension is separated from systolic and combined hypertension and increased body weight has little effect on increased blood pressure.