Clustering of cardiovascular disease biological risk factors among older adults in Shenzhen City, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few studies reported the clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) biological risk factors among older adults. The objective of this study was to characterise the clustering of CVD biological risk factors among adults aged 65 or older in Shenzhen city, China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

General communities in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Participants

A representative sample of 5635 participants aged 65 or older participated in the survey with a response rate of 93.6%.

Main outcome measures

Individual CVD biological risk factors (overweight/obesity, central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes) and their clustering.

Results

The prevalence of overweight, obesity, central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diab

SUBMITTER: Ni W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429887 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature