Agreement between specific measures of adiposity and associations with high blood pressure in black South African women

ConclusionDespite significant agreement between BMI and %BF categories, considerable misclassification occurred in the overweight range. Participants with excessive %BF had a greater odds of high blood pressure than those in the highest BMI category.

Source: American Journal of Human Biology - July 12, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Herculina S. Kruger, Chrisna Botha ‐Ravyse, Lize Havemann‐Nel, Maretha Doubell, Johannes M. van Rooyen Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research