Associations Between Hypertension and Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in U.S. Adults: A Comparative Analysis by Gender

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-273

  Roka, Ranjana ^a   Michimi, Akihiko ^a   Macy, Gretchen ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gender; Hypertension; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NUTRITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941132045     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-015-0106-3     Document Type: Article

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