Comparative evaluation of obesity measures: Relationship with blood pressures and hypertension

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-235

  Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan ^a   Bandyopadhyay, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Obesity; Waist stature ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33947531442     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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