Associação entre diferentes indicadores de obesidade e prevalência de hipertensão arterial

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Authors

Miguel Gus · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Leila Beltrami Moreira · Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial

Maurício Pimentel · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Ana Luiza M. Gleisener · Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial

Renan Stoll Moraes · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Flávio Danni Fuchs · Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial

Abstract

BMI > or = 27.0 kg/m2 was strongly associated with increased odds to have hypertension. Similar magnitude of the association with the other indices indicate their utility to estimate the risk of hypertension.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volume 70, Issue 2, pp. 111-114

DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x1998000200008

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