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Measurements of Abdominal Obesity are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome Severity Independent of Hypertensive Phenotype in White but not Black Young Adults.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities - 1 Aug 2025
Graybeal Austin J, Compton Abby T, Swafford Sydney H, Brandner Caleb F, Thorsen Tanner, Renna Megan E, Stavres Jon
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PURPOSE: This study sought to determine if metabolic syndrome severity (MetSindex) was differentially associated with abdominal obesity based on waist circumference (WC) site and the presentation of hypertensive phenotypes in a group of young White and Black adults. METHODS: A total of 139 young adult (22.5 ± 3.3 years) non-Hispanic White (n = 73) and non-Hispanic Black (n = 66) males and females (M 53, 86 F)...
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