Significantly increased visceral adiposity index in prehypertension.

The prevalence of prehypertension has increased in China, and prehypertension frequently progress to hypertension over a short time period; both have become public health problems. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between the Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) and blood...

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Main Authors: Yanan Ding, Dongfeng Gu, Yanxuan Zhang, Wenjie Han, Hengliang Liu, Qingshan Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393135?pdf=render