Waist-to-height ratio index for predicting incidences of hypertension: the ARIRANG study
Abstract Background Several anthropometric indices such as body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have been examined as indicators of cardiovascular diseases, in both adults and children. However, the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is considered a better predictor for the detection of card...
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Main Authors: | Jung Ran Choi (Author), Sang Baek Koh (Author), Eunhee Choi (Author) |
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2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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