Urban-rural-specific trend in prevalence of general and central obesity, and association with hypertension in Chinese adults, aged 18-65 years

• Main Authors: Chi Shen (Author), Zhongliang Zhou (Author), Sha Lai (Author), Xingxing Tao (Author), Dantong Zhao (Author), Wanyue Dong (Author), Dan Li (Author), Xin Lan (Author), Jianmin Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China has the largest obese population in the world, and the prevalence of central obesity is increasing dramatically in China. Moreover, the rapid economic growth of China in recent decades has led to rapid urbanization in rural China. However, studies comparing the prevalence t...