Letter: Utility of the Visceral Adiposity Index and Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype for Predicting Incident Hypertension (Endocrinol Metab 2017;32:221-9, Mohsen Janghorbani et al.)

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Eun Jung Rhee. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;32(3):396-397.

doi: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.3.396.

¹ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hongsiri@hanmail.net.

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Response: Utility of the Visceral Adiposity Index and Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype for Predicting Incident Hypertension (Endocrinol Metab 2017;32:221-9, Mohsen Janghorbani et al.).
Janghorbani M. Janghorbani M. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017 Dec;32(4):485-486. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.4.485. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017. PMID: 29271621 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Utility of the Visceral Adiposity Index and Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype for Predicting Incident Hypertension.
Janghorbani M, Salamat MR, Aminorroaya A, Amini M. Janghorbani M, et al. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017 Jun;32(2):221-229. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.2.221. Epub 2017 May 19. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017. PMID: 28537054 Free PMC article.

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