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Is waist-to-height ratio the best predictive indicator of hypertension incidence? A cohort study

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2018

Year

Ana Carolina Rezende, Ludimila Garcia Souza, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Naiana Borges Perillo, Ymara Cássia Luciana Araújo, Samanta Garcia de Souza, Ana Luíza Lima Sousa, Humberto Graner Moreira, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto,
BMC Public Health

Abstract

The results suggest that both overall obesity (BMI) and central obesity (WC and WHtR) anthropometric indicators can be used in this population to evaluate the risk of developing hypertension.

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