Is waist-to-height ratio a better predictor of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than body mass index and waist circumference in the Chilean population?

•Waist-to-height ratio may be a better predictor of cardiometabolic risk.•In Chile, it is unclear whether waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of hypertension and diabetes than body mass index and waist circumference.•A bootstrapping approach was performed to determine which of these three an...

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