RISK OF OBESITY FOR HYPERTENSION DIFFERS BETWEEN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC SUBJECTS
In recent years, non-communicable diseases (NCD) like obesity, hypertension (HTN) and Type2 diabetes (T2DM) are on the increase, specially in the developing nations. Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are used as indices of obesity to relate T2DM, HTN an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ibrahim Medical College
2007-01-01
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| Series: | IMC Journal of Medical Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.imcjms.com/registration/journal_full_text/1 |