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ReviewNutrients2019

Weight Loss and Hypertension in Obese Subjects.

Francesco Fantin, Anna Giani, Elena Zoico, Andrea P Rossi, Gloria Mazzali, Mauro Zamboni

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesco FantinDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy. francesco.fantin@univr.it.
Anna GianiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Elena ZoicoDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Andrea P RossiDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Gloria MazzaliDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
Mauro ZamboniDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, University of Verona Healthy Aging Center, Verona, Piazzale Stefani 1, 37126 Verona, Italy.
University of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arterial hypertension is strongly related to overweight and obesity. In obese subjects, several mechanisms may lead to hypertension such as insulin and leptin resistance, perivascular adipose tissue dysfunction, renal impairment, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system activation and sympathetic nervous system activity. Weight loss (WL) seems to have positive effects on blood pressure (BP). The aim of this review was to explain the mechanisms linking obesity and hypertension and to evaluate the main studies assessing the effect of WL on BP. We analysed studies published in the last 10 years (13 studies either interventional or observational) showing the effect of WL on BP. Different WL strategies were taken into account-diet and lifestyle modification, pharmacological intervention and bariatric surgery. Although a positive effect of WL could be identified in each study, the main difference seems to be the magnitude and the durability of BP reduction over time. Nevertheless, further follow-up data are needed: there is still a lack of evidence about long term effects of WL on hypertension. Hence, given the significant results obtained in several recent studies, weight management should always be pursued in obese patients with hypertension.

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HumansHypertensionObesityWeight Losshypertensionobesityweight loss

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PMID31330870
PMCPMC6682923
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