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Waist-to-height ratio index for predicting incidences of hypertension: the ARIRANG study

BACKGROUND: Several anthropometric indices such as body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been examined as indicators of cardiovascular diseases, in both adults and children. However, the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is considered a better predictor for the detection of cardiovascul...

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Autores principales: Choi, Jung Ran, Koh, Sang Baek, Choi, Eunhee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29921256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5662-8