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General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 po...

General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 po...

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General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants

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General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants

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Elsevier

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The Lancet (British edition), 2024-08

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Adiposity can be measured using BMI (which is based on weight and height) as well as indices of abdominal adiposity. We examined the association between BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) within and across populations of different world regions and quantified how well these two metrics discriminate between people with and without hy...

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General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04803824v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_04803824v1

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0140-6736

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1474-547X

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10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01405-3

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