RISK OF OBESITY FOR HYPERTENSION DIFFERS BETWEEN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC SUBJECTS

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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Main Authors: MA Sayeed, Akhtar Banu, Parvin Akhter Khanam, Hajera Mahtab, AK Azad Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ibrahim Medical College 2007-01-01
Series:IMC Journal of Medical Science
Subjects:
obesity
hypertension
diabetes
odds ratio
Online Access:http://www.imcjms.com/registration/journal_full_text/1

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