Obesity and its relationship with hypertension among adults 50 years and older in Jinan, China.

BACKGROUND: The relationship between obesity and hypertension varies with geographical area, race and definitions of obesity. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity using standard Chinese criteria based on the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC) and to examine th...

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Main Authors: Shu-Kang Wang, Wei Ma, Shumei Wang, Xiang-Ren Yi, Hong-Ying Jia, Fuzhong Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4269412?pdf=render