Abdominal obesity defined as a larger than expected waist girth is associated with racial/ethnic differences in risk of hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 307-312

  Okosun, Ike S ^a   Choi, S ^a   Dent, M M ^a   Jobin, T ^a   Dever, G E A ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Ethnicity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035026123     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001179     Document Type: Article

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