Waist-To-Height Ratio Is a More Accurate Tool for Predicting Hypertension Than Waist-To-Hip Circumference and BMI in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study

Waist-To-Height Ratio Is a More Accurate Tool for Predicting Hypertension Than Waist-To-Hip Circumference and BMI in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study

Background: Anthropometric measures [i.e., body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)] have been used as prediction factors for incident hypertension. However, whether any of these measures is superior to another in the matter of accuracy in predicting hyperten...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Moosaie, Seyede Marzie Fatemi Abhari, Niloofar Deravi, Arman Karimi Behnagh, Sadaf Esteghamati, Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi, Soghra Rabizadeh, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
hypertension
type 2 diabetes
body mass index
waist-to-height ratio
waist-to-hip ratio
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.726288/full

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