Anthropometric indicators associated with blood pressure elevation in adults with obesity
| Autor: | Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Anne Ribeiro Streb, Giovani Firpo Del Duca, Aline Mendes Gerage, Isabel Heberle, Paulo Ricardo de Oliveira Medeiros |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General) business.industry General Medicine Anthropometry medicine.disease Obesity General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Blood pressure elevation RS1-441 R5-920 Pharmacy and materia medica Internal medicine Cardiology medicine body composition arterial hypertension body fat distribution business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, Vol 42, Iss 1 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1807-8648 1679-9291 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to investigate the association between different anthropometric indicators and high blood pressure in adults with obesity.This is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample of adults with obesity. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured using automated equipment (OMRON, model 742 HEM). The anthropometric indicators used were body mass index (BMI), relative fat mass (RFM), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-stature ratio (WSR) and waist-hip ratio (WHR). The data were analyzed by crude and adjusted (sex and age) linear regression, adopting a level of significance p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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