Blood pressure in relation to general and central adiposity among 500 000 adult Chinese men and women

Background: Greater adiposity is associated with higher blood pressure. Substantial uncertainty remains, however, about which measures of adiposity most strongly predict blood pressure and whether these associations differ materially between populations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Zhengming, Smith, Margaret, Du, Huaidong, Guo, Yu, Clarke, Robert, Bian, Zheng, Collins, Rory, Chen, Junshi, Qian, Yijian, Wang, Xiaoping, Chen, Xiaofang, Tian, Xiaocao, Wang, Xiaohuan, Peto, Richard, Li, Liming
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4588860/