Hypertension is more strongly associated with waist circumference than body mass index in an adult population of the French West Indies

André Atallah 1 Philippe Carrère 2, *
* Corresponding author
1 Service de cardiologie
2 Département de médecine générale
Abstract : To asssess and specify the relationship between hypertension and general obesity and/or abdominal obesity in an adult Caribbean population.
Keywords : High blood pressure Hypertension Abdominal obesity Central obesity General obesity Caribbean
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André Atallah, Philippe Carrère. Hypertension is more strongly associated with waist circumference than body mass index in an adult population of the French West Indies. 2012. ⟨hal-00739787⟩

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