Physical activity, adiposity and hypertension among patients of public healthcare system

INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a chronic disease that requires special attention in identifying comorbidities or risk factors including inactivity and obesity. Considering that a large proportion of the Brazilian population is hypertensive, obese, and sedentary, the relationship among these variable...

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Main Authors: Bruna Camilo Turi, Jamile Sanches Codogno, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Henrique Luiz Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000400925&lng=en&tlng=en