BMI, waist to height ratio and waist circumference as a screening tool for hypertension in hospital outpatients: a cross-sectional, non-inferiority study

OBJECTIVE: This non-inferiority study aimed to determine the burden of obesity in a hospital outpatient setting of a developing country, using three commonly employed metrics as predictors of hypertension (HTN). DESIGN: A cross-sectional study design was adopted. SETTING: This study was conducted in...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Rajan, Upadhyay, Sanjib Kumar, Khatri, Bijay, Bhattarai, Janak Raj, Kayastha, Manish, Upadhyay, Madan Prasad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8628118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050096

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8628118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050096

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