Profiles of body mass index and blood pressure among young adults categorized by waist-to-height ratio cut-offs in Shandong, China.
Conclusion: Individuals with low WHtR were underweight, and those with high WHtR were obese with high BP. Results from this study support WHtR as a simple and effective screening tool for abdominal obesity and high BP in practice.
PMID: 31304787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Human Biology - Category: Biology Tags: Ann Hum Biol Source Type: research
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