Geographic Variations in Dietary Patterns and Their Associations with Overweight/Obesity and Hypertension in China: Findings from China Nutrition and Health Surveillance (2015-2017).

ABSTRACT: Regional dietetic cultures were indicated in China, but how dietary patterns geographically varied across China is unknown. Few studies systematically investigated the association of dietary patterns with overweight/obesity and hypertension and the potential mechanism with a national sample. This study included 34,040 adults aged 45 years and older from China Nutrition and Health Surveillance (2015-2017), who had complete outcome data, reliable intakes of calorie and cooking oils, unchanged diet habits, and without diagnosed cancer or cardiovascular disease. Outcomes were overweight/obesity and hypertension. By using the Gaussian finite mixture models, four dietary patterns were identified-common rice-based dietary pattern (CRB), prudent diversified dietary pattern (PD), northern wheat-bas

SUBMITTER: Zhao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9572670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature