Open AccessAssociation between different measurements of obesity and the incidence of hypertension
Author(s) -
Miguel Gus
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.08.010
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , incidence (geometry) , association (psychology) , blood pressure , cardiology , physics , optics , philosophy , epistemology
Obesity is a risk factor for the incidence of hypertension, but it is still unclear whether this risk can be better estimated by body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC).
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