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Comparison of Different Obesity Indices for Predicting Incident Hypertension.
High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension - 1 Jun 2017
Janghorbani Mohsen, Aminorroaya Ashraf, Amini Masoud
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INTRODUCTION: Obesity is well recognized to be an important risk factor for hypertension (HTN), but it is not clear which obesity indices have stronger association with HTN. AIM: To evaluate the ability of different obesity indices, including visceral adiposity index (VAI), hypertriglyceridemic-waist (HTGW) phenotype, a body shape index (ABSI), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height...
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