Trajectories of mid-life to elderly adulthood BMI and incident hypertension: the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Objectives This study is designed to identify different body mass index (BMI) trajectories of individuals aged 40–70 years and test the effect of distinct BMI trajectories on incident hypertension.Design The accelerated longitudinal design was used for this study.Methods The study drew data from the...

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Main Authors: Lin Sun, Qi Zeng, Qing Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e047920.full