Impact of Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index on Risk of Cardiometabolic Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Adults: A National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Survey

2013176 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Xuhong Hou · Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Juming Lu · People's Liberation Army No. 150 Hospital

Jianping Weng · Sun Yat-sen University

Linong Ji · Peking University

Zhongyan Shan

Jie Liu · Shanxi Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Haoming Tian · Sichuan University

Abstract

Central obesity, overweight, and obesity are epidemic in Chinese adults. The combination of WC and BMI measures is superior to the separate indices in identifying CMD and CVD risk.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

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Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. e57319-e57319

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057319

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