Slightly increased BMI at young age is a risk factor for future hypertension in Japanese men.
Hypertension is developed easily in Asian adults with normal body mass index (BMI) (~23 kg/m2), compared with other ethnicities with similar BMI. This study tested the hypothesis that slightly increased BMI at young age is a risk factor for future hypertension in Japanese men by historical cohort st...
Main Authors: | Yuki Someya, Yoshifumi Tamura, Yoshimitsu Kohmura, Kazuhiro Aoki, Sachio Kawai, Hiroyuki Daida |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5764351?pdf=render |
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