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Metabolically healthy versus unhealthy obese phenotypes in relation to hypertension incidence; a prospective cohort study.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 14 Mar 2022
Hamzeh Behrooz, Pasdar Yahya, Moradi Shima, Darbandi Mitra, Rahmani Negin, Shakiba Ebrahim, Najafi Farid
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BACKGROUND: Although obesity increases the risk of hypertension, the effect of obesity based on metabolic status on the incidence of hypertension is not known. This study aimed to determine the association between obesity phenotypes including metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) and metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and the risk of hypertension incidence. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study on...
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