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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...
Autores principales: | Shrestha, Rajan, Upadhyay, Sanjib Kumar, Khatri, Bijay, Bhattarai, Janak Raj, Kayastha, Manish, Upadhyay, Madan Prasad |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021
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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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