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The association of incident hypertension with metabolic health and obesity status: definition of metabolic health does not matter.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2016
Kang Yu Mi, Jung Chang Hee, Jang Jung Eun, Hwang Jenie Yoonoo, Kim Eun Hee, Park Joong-Yeol, Kim Hong-Kyu, Lee Woo Je
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OBJECTIVE: Metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype refers to obese individuals with a favourable metabolic profile. Its prognostic value remains controversial and may partly depend on differences in how the phenotype is defined. We aimed to investigate whether the MHO phenotype is associated with future development of incident hypertension in a Korean population according to various definitions of metabolic...
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