Different adiposity indices and their association with blood pressure and hypertension in middle-aged urban black South African men and women: findings from the AWI-GEN South African Soweto Site

• Main Authors: Pedro T. Pisa (Author), Lisa K. Micklesfield (Author), Juliana Kagura (Author), Michele Ramsay (Author), Nigel J. Crowther (Author), Shane A. Norris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To report associations between different adiposity indices [anthropometric and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measures] and blood pressure (BP) and hypertension in urban black South African adults. Methods Anthropometric and DXA whole body measures were performed on 1026...