Korean J Community Nutr.
2006 Apr;11(2):279-288.
Obesity Indices and Plasma Total Antioxidant Status in Hypertensive Elderly Living in Ulsan Area
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- 1Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Home Economics, Korea National Open University, Seoul, Korea. hkkwak@knou.ac.kr
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The role of free radicals in the progression of many diseases and aging has been given a great attention and total antioxidant status (TAS) has shown to be reduced with aging. The incidence of hypertension has shown to be relatively high in the aged population, and it is known to be associated with increased obesity and oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to examine the obesity indices and the total antioxidant status in hypertensive elderly (64y
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