The association of wrist circumference with hypertension in northeastern Chinese residents in comparison with other anthropometric obesity indices

Background Wrist circumference (WrC) is an easily obtained measure in estimating the body frame and regional fat distribution, and has increasingly used as an obesity index. The aim of our study is to estimate the association of WrC with elevated blood pressure (BP) among northeastern Chinese commun...

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Main Authors: Yongfang Li, Yuyan Liu, Jing He, Ping Ma, Luyang Yu, Guifan Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7599.pdf