Journal article
Blood pressure in relation to general and central adiposity among 500 000 adult Chinese men and women
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Greater adiposity is associated with higher blood pressure. Substantial uncertainty remains, however, about which measures of adiposity most strongly predict blood pressure and whether these associations differ materially between populations.
METHODS: We examined cross-sectional data on 500 000 adults recruited from 10 diverse localities across China during 2004-08. Multiple linear regression was used to estimate the effects on …
Authors
Chen Z; Smith M; Du H; Guo Y; Clarke R; Bian Z; Collins R; Chen J; Qian Y; Wang X
Journal
International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 1305–1319
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
August 2015
DOI
10.1093/ije/dyv012
ISSN
0300-5771