The Association between Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Is Influenced by Obesity

Joint Authors

Kuk, Jennifer L.
Wharton, Sean
Parikh, Jash S.
Randhawa, Arshdeep K.
Edgell, Heather

Source

Journal of Obesity

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-10-01

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Introduction.

One in three US adults is living with obesity or hypertension, and more than 75% of hypertensive individuals are using antihypertensive medications.

Therefore, it is important to examine blood pressure (BP) differences in populations that are using these medications with differing obesity status.

Aim.

We examined whether BP attained when using various antihypertensive medications varies amongst different body mass index (BMI) categories and whether antihypertensive medication use is associated with differences in other metabolic risk factors, independent of BMI.

Methods.

Adults with hypertension from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 to 2014 were used (n=15,285).

Linear regression analyses were used to examine the main effects and interaction between antihypertensive use and BMI.

Results.

In general, users of antihypertensive medications had lower BP than those not taking BP medications (NoBPMed) (P<0.05), whereby in women, the differences in systolic BP between angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) users and NoBPMed were greater in those with obesity (ACE inhibitors: −14 ± 1 mmHg; ARB: −16 ± 1 mmHg) compared to normal weight individuals (ACE inhibitors: −9 ± 1 mmHg; ARB: −11 ± 1 mmHg) (P<0.05).

Diastolic BP differences between women ARB users and NoBPMed were also greatest in obesity (−5 ± 1 mmHg) (P<0.05) whilst there were no differences in normal weight individuals (−1 ± 1 mmHg) (P>0.05).

Furthermore, glucose levels and waist circumference in women were higher in those using ACE inhibitors compared to diuretics (P<0.05).

Conclusion.

ACE inhibitors and ARBs may be associated with more beneficial BP profiles in women with obesity, with no obesity-related BP differences for antihypertensive medication in men.

However, there could be potential cardiometabolic effects for some antihypertensive medications that should be explored further.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Parikh, Jash S.& Randhawa, Arshdeep K.& Wharton, Sean& Edgell, Heather& Kuk, Jennifer L.. 2018. The Association between Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Is Influenced by Obesity. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Parikh, Jash S.…[et al.]. The Association between Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Is Influenced by Obesity. Journal of Obesity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Parikh, Jash S.& Randhawa, Arshdeep K.& Wharton, Sean& Edgell, Heather& Kuk, Jennifer L.. The Association between Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Is Influenced by Obesity. Journal of Obesity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1195970

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1195970