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Hypertension and type 2 diabetes comorbidity in adults in the United States: risk of overall and regional adiposity.
Obesity research - 1 Jan 2001
Okosun I S, Chandra K M, Choi S, Christman J, Dever G E, Prewitt T E
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of generalized, abdominal, and truncal fat deposits on the risk of hypertension and/or diabetes and to determine whether ethnic differences in these fat patterns are independently associated with increased risk for the hypertension-diabetes comorbidity (HDC). RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Data (n = 7075) from the Third U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were...
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