Abstract
Obesity is a chronic disease in which adipose tissue accumulates in such a way that it affects the health of the patient and is associated with a myriad of alterations such as systemic hypertension (HTN). The mechanisms by which obesity causes HTN are complex and involve several organic mechanisms. The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between obesity to HTN in dogs in accordance with recent international protocols (systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg) relating to age, genre, gonadal status, breed and other diseases commonly associated with HTN. A total of 244 dogs were studied, 105 non-obese controls and 139 in the obese group. For both groups, healthy and a variety of diseased dogs were observed; the correlations between pathologies and obesity were studied, paying special attention to diseases whose pathophysiologies could lead to HTN. We conclude that obesity is not a risk factor for dogs to develop HTN, and that HTN present in these patients was related to comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease, cardiopathies and endocrinopathies.
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Abbreviations
- ACVIM:
-
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- BCS:
-
body condition score
- BP:
-
blood pressure
- CKD:
-
chronic kidney disease
- DBP:
-
diastolic blood pressure
- HTN:
-
systemic hypertension
- RAAS:
-
renin-angiontensin-aldosterone system
- SBP:
-
systolic blood pressure
- SNS:
-
sympathetic nervous system
- UPC:
-
urinary protein to creatinine ratio
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Pérez-Sánchez, A.P., Del-Angel-Caraza, J., Quijano-Hernández, I.A. et al. Obesity-hypertension and its relation to other diseases in dogs. Vet Res Commun 39, 45–51 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-015-9630-9
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