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 systolic blood pressure (SBP) of general adiposity [e.g. body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, height-adjusted weight] vs central adiposity [e.g. waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-hip ratio (WHR)], before and after adjustment for each other. The main analyses excluded those reported taking any antihypertensive med

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4588860 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature