Cut-off points of anthropometric markers associated with hypertension and diabetes in Peru: Demographic and Health Survey 2018.

Akram Hernández-VásquezDiego AzañedoRodrigo Vargas-FernándezJuan Pablo AparcoRaul Martín ChaparroMarilina Santero

Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)

Our findings show that in Peruvian adults, the WHtR and the C-index have the strongest association with hypertension in both sexes. Likewise, the C-index had the strongest association with diabetes.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
body composition
adipose tissue
weight loss
arterial hypertension