Prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional survey among Nanjing adults in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs), and investigate the association between relevant characteristics and CRF clustering among adults in eastern China.

Design

Community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Data were collected by interview survey, physical measurements and laboratory examinations from the 2011 Nanjing Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance.

Participants

A representative sample of 41 072 residents aged ≥18 years volunteered to participate in the survey, with a response rate of 91.3%. We excluded 1232 subjects due to missing data or having a history of cardiovascular diseases; a total of 39 840 participants were included in the analysis.

Outcome measures

Prevalence and clustering of f

SUBMITTER: Hong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009515 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature