Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2009

Waist circumference cut-off values to predict the incidence of hypertension: An estimation from a Brazilian population-based cohort

  • M. Gus

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90.035-903, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Tel./fax: +55 51 2101 8420.
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  • F. Tremea Cichelero

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • C. Medaglia Moreira

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • G. Fortes Escobar

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • L. Beltrami Moreira

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • M. Wiehe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • S. Costa Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, UFRGS, Brazil
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  • F. Danni Fuchs

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Brazil

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 17 March 2008.

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☆ Supported by grants from: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq) and Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul.

PII: S0939-4753(08)00066-5

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.03.007

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2009

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