Characteristics of Subjects With Overweight or Obesity at the Onset of Hypertension

Azienda Ospedaliera Specializzata in Gastroenterologia Saverio de Bellis

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension; Obesity

Treatments: Other: Observational study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04093947

prot2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to investigate the characteristics of subjects with hypertension at onset among a cohort of apparently healthy subjects, with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 25 Kg / m2), and free of any drug treatment at the baseline. The evaluation includes anthropometric (weight, height, BMI, waist circumference), haematochemical (hormones, metabolic and routine) parameters and the screening for hypertension with ABPM. The diagnosis of hypertension is made in accordance with the 2017 guidelines of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association ACC / AHA.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Overweight or obesity (BMI> 25 Kg/m2)

Exclusion criteria

• Any kind of drug
• Hypertension
• Endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, hypo or hyperthyroidism, hypopituitarism, etc.),
• Chronic inflammatory diseases
• Renal failure
• Liver failure
• Angina pectoris
• Myocardial infarction and heart failure
• Genetic heart diseases
• Thrombocytopenias