Co-relation of BP with BMI and WHR in middle aged males - Joshi, Aniruddha;Tambe, Deepak;Kharche, Jayshree
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Incidence of obesity is on the rise in developed as well as developing countries. In India we find high incidence of central obesity. It is well documented risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity. Hypertension being one of them. In our study we tried to explore relationship between various parameters of obesity and blood pressure in males and found positive correlation between waist to hip ratio with blood pressure based on our findings, WHR seems to be a better predictor for risk of hypertension over other obesity parameters.

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Produktbeschreibung
Incidence of obesity is on the rise in developed as well as developing countries. In India we find high incidence of central obesity. It is well documented risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity. Hypertension being one of them. In our study we tried to explore relationship between various parameters of obesity and blood pressure in males and found positive correlation between waist to hip ratio with blood pressure based on our findings, WHR seems to be a better predictor for risk of hypertension over other obesity parameters.
Autorenporträt
Dr. A.R. Joshi MBBS, M.D. (Physiology)Professor and Head, Department of Physiology Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Teaching experience of 25 years, attached to many hospitals for teaching assistance in clinical Physiology, publications in national and international journals