Optimal cut-off values of anthropometric markers to predict hypertension in North Indian population

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-447

  Gupta, Shilpi ^a   Kapoor, Satwanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometric markers; Hypertension; Indian population; Obesity; ROC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84862326978     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9461-8     Document Type: Article

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