Adult Body Height and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk: The China National Health Survey in Shaanxi.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Based on data from the China National Health Survey, we aimed to examine the association between body height and cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in a large adult population from Shaanxi province, and further to test whether this association was hinged upon other population characteristics.

Methods

This population-based study was conducted in 2014 in Shaanxi Province, China. Utilizing a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method, total 5,905 adults with complete data were eligible for analysis, and 1,151 (19.5%) of them had CMD. Of 1,151 CMD patients, 895 (15.1%) had one disorder and 256 (4.4%) had ≥2 disorders.

Results

Using the bi-directional stepwise method and all-subsets regression, five factors-age, body mass index, family histories of CMD, exercise,

SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780292 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature