Comparison of body mass index, waist circumference, and waist to height ratio in the prediction of hypertension and diabetes mellitus: Filipino-American women cardiovascular study

The relative ability of three obesity indices to predict hypertension (HTN) and diabetes (DM) and the validity of using Asian-specific thresholds of these indices were examined in Filipino-American women (FAW). Filipino-American women (n = 382), 40–65 years of age were screened for hypertension (HTN...

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Autores principales: Battie, Cynthia A., Borja-Hart, Nancy, Ancheta, Irma B., Flores, Rene, Rao, Goutham, Palaniappan, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Regular Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27882291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.10.003

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