Disparity in association of obesity measures with ankle and brachial systolic blood pressures in Europeans and South Asians

Abstract Obesity causes increases in brachial systolic-blood-pressures (SBP), risks of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Brachial and ankle SBPs have differential relationship with T2DM and CVD. Our objective was to study the relationship of obesity measures with brachial and...

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Main Authors: Matei Berceanu, Chew W. Cheng, Hema Viswambharan, Kirti Kain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13372-1