Secular change in the association between urbanisation and abdominal adiposity in China (1993-2011).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little attention has been paid to how the association between urbanisation and abdominal adiposity changes over the course of economic development in low-income and middle-income countries.

Methods

Data came from the China Health and Nutrition Survey waves 1993-2011 (seven waves). A mixed linear model was used to investigate the association between community-level urbanisation with waist-to-height ratio (WHtR; an indicator of abdominal adiposity). We incorporated interaction terms between urbanisation and study waves to understand how the association changed over time. The analyses were stratified by age (children vs adults).

Results

Adult WHtR was positively associated with urbanisation in earlier waves but became inversely associated over time. More speci

SUBMITTER: Inoue Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948158 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature