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blood-pressure drugs
Coverage of blood-pressure drugs in the Nexus archive.
- Over-40s with obesity have normal-BMI cholesterol and blood pressure levels, study finds
A study found that many obese adults over 40 have cholesterol and blood pressure levels similar to those with a healthy weight, largely due to the effectiveness of statins and blood-pressure medications. In some cases, people with obesity were 'better off' than those of a healthy weight.