Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Their Clustering among Adults in Jilin (China).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors constitutes a major public health challenge. Although a number of researchers have investigated the CVD risk factor clusters in China, little is known about the related prevalence and clustering associated with demographics in Jilin Province in China; this study aims to reveal that relationship.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey based on a sample of 16,834 adults aged 18 to 79 years was conducted in Jilin in 2012. The prevalence and clustering of CVD risk factors were analysed through complex weighted computation. Quantitative variables were compared by the t test, and categorical variables were compared by the Rao-Scott-χ² test. Finally, multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the CVD

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4730461 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature