Adiposity measures and their validity in estimating risk of hypertension in South Asian children: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: Given the South Asian phenotype of higher body fat at similar body mass index (BMI) relative to Caucasians, we sought to explore the association between prominent adiposity indicators with blood pressure (BP) and hypertension, to compare the accuracy of these indicators in estimating hype...

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Autores principales: Fowokan, Adeleke O, Punthakee, Zubin, Waddell, Charlotte, Rosin, Miriam, Morrison, Katherine M, Gupta, Milan, Teo, Koon, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Lear, Scott A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024087

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024087

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