Four-year trends in adiposity and its association with hypertension in serial groups of young adult university students in urban Cameroon: a time-series study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is growing rapidly globally including in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We aimed to assess the trend in adiposity markers in Cameroonian university students, and investigated their associations with hypertension. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Choukem, Simeon-Pierre, Kengne, André-Pascal, Nguefack, Maxime-Leolein, Mboue-Djieka, Yannick, Nebongo, Daniel, Guimezap, Jackson T, Mbanya, Jean Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4449-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4449-7

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