Spatiotemporal Variation of the Association between Urbanicity and Incident Hypertension among Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT: Urbanization is believed to result in a transition towards energy-dense diets, sedentary lifestyles, and a subsequent increase in the burden of hypertension (HTN) and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in developing countries. However, the extent to which this occurs is likely dependent on social contexts. We performed multilevel logistic regression models to examine whether the association between incident HTN and the degree to which a community exhibits urban features varied by region (the Northeast, East Coast, Central, and West) within China and period. We used longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2015) and stratified analyses by sex. Among women, the positive association between medium-to-high urbanicity and HTN onset generally shifted to negative betwe

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6982103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature