Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2017.325

Association of mental health, obesity and arterial hypertension.

Ingrid Prkačin orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-7131 ; University Hospital «Merkur», Zagreb, Croatia
Helena Zorko ; University Hospital «Merkur», Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Herceg-Čavrak orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-1791 ; University Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The progress in disease prevention and health care has prolonged life expectancy, thus increasing the global disease burden. The non-communicable diseases such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dementia have been recognized as an inadequately clarified problem in the population all over the world. Senile dementia is an irreversible condition manifested by progressive decline of cognitive functions and considered as one of the leading health problems today. Proper care for this fragile population requires interdisciplinary approach because the pathophysiological events are underlain by hyperinsulinemia and oxidative stress at the whole body level rather than isolated to a single organ.

Keywords

mental health; hyperinsulinemia; oxidative stress; heart and kidney health

Hrčak ID:

185347

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/185347

Publication date:

21.7.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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