Kristi Reynolds

TL;DR: The overall prevalence and absolute burden of hypertension in 2000 and the global burden in 2025 were estimated to be about 1.56 billion (1.54-1.58 billion) and the number of adults with hypertension in 2025 was predicted to increase by about 60% respectively.

TL;DR: Overweight and obesity are important clinical and public health burdens worldwide and national programs for the prevention and treatment of overweight, obesity and related comorbidities and mortalities should be a public health priority.

TL;DR: Global hypertension disparities are large and increasing and collaborative efforts are urgently needed to combat the emerging hypertension burden in low- and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a systematic review of the association between a single item assessing general self-rated health (GSRH) and mortality and found that persons with poor self-reported health had a 2-fold higher mortality risk compared with persons with "excellent" health status, even after adjustment for key covariates such as functional status, depression, and co-morbidity.

TL;DR: There is a high prevalence of clustering of cardiometabolic abnormalities among normal-weight individuals and ahigh prevalence of overweight and obese individuals who are metabolically healthy among US adults.