Blood pressure, body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese men and women

• Main Authors: Huang Jianfeng (Author), Duan Xiufang (Author), Wu Xigui (Author), Chen Jichun (Author), Li Jianxin (Author), Cao Jie (Author), Wang Hongwei (Author), Gu Dongfeng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is still uncertain whether increased blood pressure (BP) has a stronger effect on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in lean persons than in obese persons. We tested it using a data set collected from a large cohort of Chine...