Sex specific impact of different obesity phenotypes on the risk of incident hypertension: Tehran lipid and glucose study

To investigate the association between different obesity phenotypes and the risk of incident hypertension among both genders. The study population included 3659 Iranians (men = 1540), aged ≥20 years free of hypertension at baseline. Participants were classified into six categories of body mass index (BMI)-metabolic health status, in which unhealthy metabolic status was defined based on the presence of > 1 component of metabolic syndrome (MetS)...