24-Hour ambulatory blood pressure levels and control in a large cohort of adult outpatients with different classes of obesity

Effective and sustained blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive patients with moderate-to-severe obesity is often difficult to achieve. We evaluated clinic, 24h, day-time and night-time systolic/diastolic BP levels and control in a large cohort of adult outpatients with different classes of obesity. A single center, prospective, cohort study was conducted at Hypertension Unit, Division of Cardiology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome Italy. All BP...