High prevalence of coexisting prehypertension and prediabetes among healthy adults in northern and northeastern China

• Main Authors: Ding Hai-tao (Author), Liu Yan-hong (Author), Qin Xu-zhen (Author), Xia Liang-yu (Author), Wu Wei (Author), Guo Xiu-zhi (Author), Chen Xin-qi (Author), Qiu Ling (Author), Yan Wen-hua (Author), Wu Jie (Author), Han Shao-mei (Author), Xu Cheng-li (Author), Zhu Guang-jin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Prehypertension and prediabetes are major risk factors of cardiovascular disease, and their combined presence may result in more serious cardiovascular outcomes than expected with either prehypertension or prediabetes alone. The aim...