Comparison of body mass index with waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-stature ratio as a predictor of hypertension incidence in Mauritius

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 866-870

  Nyamdorj, Regzedmaa ^a,b   Qiao, Qing ^a,b   Söderberg, Stefan ^c,d   Pitkäniemi, Janne ^a   Zimmet, Paul ^d   Shaw, Jonathan ^d   Alberti, George ^e   Nan, Hairong ^a,b   Uusitalo, Ulla ^b   Pauvaday, Vassen ^f   Chitson, Pierrot ^f   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Ministry of Health and Quality of Life   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Central obesity; Hypertension; Mauritian Creoles; Mauritian Indian; Mauritius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 42049100130     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f624b7     Document Type: Article

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