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Association of general and central adiposity with blood pressure among Chinese adults
- Source :
- Journal of Hypertension. 36:2406-2413
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: The American Heart Association concluded that waist circumference was a better predictor of blood pressure risk than BMI in Asians. However, data are inconsistent and information in Chinese, the largest global population group, is limited. Methods: Data was obtained from the Chinese National Stroke Prevention Project Survey of a nationally representative sample of middle-aged and older Chinese adults. A total of 135 825 individuals not taking any antihypertensive drugs were included in this study. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between blood pressure and parameters of general adiposity, including BMI, height-adjusted weight, and parameters of central adiposity, including waist circumference, hip circumference, waist–hip ratio, and waist–height ratio. Results were shown as mean difference in blood pressure associated with one standard deviation higher level of adiposity. Results: The overall means ± standard deviation of BMI and waist circumference were 24.3 ± 3.18 kg/m2 and 84.0 ± 8.88 cm, respectively. BMI seemed more strongly associated with SBP/DBP (4.22 mmHg/SD; 2.60 mmHg/SD) than central adiposity markers. In addition, there were sex differences. For men, waist circumference showed a stronger association with SBP/DBP than BMI (4.04 vs. 3.79, P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Rural Population
China
Waist
Urban Population
Physiology
Cross-sectional study
Blood Pressure
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
0302 clinical medicine
Waist–hip ratio
Asian People
Linear regression
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Adiposity
Aged
Waist-Hip Ratio
business.industry
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Circumference
Cross-Sectional Studies
Blood pressure
Central Adiposity
Female
Waist Circumference
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Body mass index
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02636352
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Hypertension
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7617efb14430f8bc6ac5cc3223e55f00