Association of waist to hip ratio and hypertention among people referred to urban health clinics in Arak city in 2008

Prevalence of obesity tends to increase in developing countries. Obesity as a health problem is very important because of its complications such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and some cancers. Life style influences and affects on waist circumference and hip circumferenc...

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Main Authors: mahnaz mardani, elham Es-haghi, sadegh Rezapour, farzad Ebrahimzadeh
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Lorestan University of Medical Science 2009-11-01
Series:Yafteh
Subjects:
WHR
Online Access:http://yafte.lums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-90&slc_lang=en&sid=1