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Leg and arm adiposity is inversely associated with diastolic hypertension in young and middle-aged United States adults

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine the association between appendicular adiposity and hypertension, with the purpose of better understanding the role of body fat distribution on blood pressure (BP). METHODS: We included 7411 adults aged 20 to 59 who were not taking antihypertensives and without card...

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Autores principales: Visaria, Aayush, Lo, David, Maniar, Pranay, Dave, Bhoomi, Joshi, Parag
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35031064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40885-021-00190-2