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Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension, however, the physiologic mechanisms linking increased adiposity to elevations in blood pressure are not well described. An increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) is an obligatory consequence of obesity. Previous survey research has d...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29320983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0737-5 |