Cut-off points for anthropometric indices to screen for hypertension among Iranian adults of the Bandare-Kong cohort: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Abnoos Azarbad (Author), Tayebe Aghnia (Author), Abdullah Gharibzadeh (Author), Shideh Rafati (Author), Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi (Author), Hasan Zarei (Author), Masoumeh Kheirandish (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity is one of the major determinants of blood pressure. This study aimed to determine the optimal sex- and age-specific cut-off points of anthropometric indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), wrist circumference (WrC), wais...