Association between anthropometric indicators of adiposity and hypertension in a Brazilian population: Baependi Heart Study.

Association between anthropometric indicators of adiposity and hypertension in a Brazilian population: Baependi Heart Study.

Recently, some studies have evaluated the role of adiposity measures in the prediction of hypertension risk, but the results are conflicting. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare which of the four indicators of adiposity (waist circumference-WC, body mass index-BMI, body adiposity index-BAI, a...

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Main Authors: Camila Maciel de Oliveira, Anderson Zampier Ulbrich, Felipe Silva Neves, Fernando Augusto Lavezzo Dias, Andréa Roseli Vançan Russo Horimoto, José Eduardo Krieger, Rafael de Oliveira Alvim, Alexandre da Costa Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5638240?pdf=render

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