Waist circumference, not body mass index, is associated with blood pressure in a sample of young Chinese adults

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 904-906

  Yap, S ^a   Yang, Z ^b   Wang, J ^b   Bacon, S L ^c   Campbell, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33750288092     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002081     Document Type: Article

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