Body mass index is more strongly associated with hypertension than waist circumference in apparently healthy Japanese men and women

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-313

  Oda, Eiji ^a   Kawai, Ryu ^a  

^a Tachikawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; BMI; Hypertension; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78549239507     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-010-0203-7     Document Type: Article

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