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Total and Abdominal Adiposity and Hypertension in Indigenous Women in Midwest Brazil

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension, and abdominal fat in particular has been more strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases and its prevalence has increased in Brazilian indigenous populations. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of h...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Juliana Barros, Kian, Kauhana Oliveira, Lima, Rosangela Costa, de Souza, Maria Cristina Corrêa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155528