No difference in hypertension prevalence in smokers, former smokers and non-smokers after adjusting for body mass index and age: a cross-sectional study from the Czech Republic, 2010

BACKGROUND: Several hypotheses suggest a temporary increase in blood pressure following smoking cessation. This may be the result of endocrine changes (e.g. alteration in adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol levels in post-cessation period) and/or post-cessation weight gain. Our aim was to ident...

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Autores principales: Pankova, Alexandra, Kralikova, Eva, Fraser, Keely, Lajka, Jan, Svacina, Stepan, Matoulek, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26265902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12971-015-0049-4

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