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Decreasing association between body mass index and blood pressure over time.

Nadia N Danon-Hersch, Arnaud A Chiolero, Conrad C Shamlaye, Fred F Paccaud, and Pascal P Bovet

Epidemiology 18(4):493-500 (2007) PMID 17525694

Our purpose was to assess blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with body mass index (BMI) over a 15-year interval in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the African region.

DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318063eebf
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