Optimum cutoff values of anthropometric indices of obesity for predicting hypertension: more than one decades of follow-up in an Iranian population

We determined cutoff points of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), for predicting hypertension in an Iranian population. Study sample included 6359 (3678 female) participants aged ≥20 and

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Published in:Journal of human hypertension 2018-12, Vol.32 (12), p.838-848
Main Authors: Ramezankhani, Azra, Ehteshami-Afshar, Solmaz, Hasheminia, Mitra, Hajebrahimi, Mohammad Ali, Azizi, Fereidoun, Hadaegh, Farzad
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age differences
Age groups
Body mass index
Body measurements
Complications and side effects
Demographic aspects
Epidemiology
Health Administration
Hip
Hypertension
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obesity
Population studies
Public Health
Risk factors
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Summary:We determined cutoff points of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), for predicting hypertension in an Iranian population. Study sample included 6359 (3678 female) participants aged ≥20 and
ISSN:0950-9240
1476-5527
DOI:10.1038/s41371-018-0093-7