Prediction of hypertension by different anthropometric indices in adults: The change in estimate approach

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Tuan, Nguyen T ^a,b   Adair, Linda S ^a,b   Stevens, June ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Chinese adults; Hypertension; Population study; Receiver operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954215270     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991479     Document Type: Article

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