2021
Obesity Prevalence and Risks Among Chinese Adults
Mu L, Liu J, Zhou G, Wu C, Chen B, Lu Y, Lu J, Yan X, Zhu Z, Nasir K, Spatz ES, Krumholz HM, Zheng X. Obesity Prevalence and Risks Among Chinese Adults. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2021, 14: e007292. PMID: 34107739, PMCID: PMC8204767, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal obesitySocio-demographic subgroupsSocio-demographic associationsOverall obesityHigh riskMillion Persons ProjectEpidemic of obesityAge-standardized ratesCommunity-dwelling adultsAssociation of ageMultivariable mixed modelsObesity prevalenceOlder womenLower riskObesityOlder menChinese adultsPrevalenceWomenRiskMenPersons ProjectSubgroupsAssociationAdults
2019
Characteristics of High Cardiovascular Risk in 1.7 Million Chinese Adults.
Lu J, Lu Y, Yang H, Bilige W, Li Y, Schulz W, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Characteristics of High Cardiovascular Risk in 1.7 Million Chinese Adults. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2019, 170: 298-308. PMID: 30776800, DOI: 10.7326/m18-1932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh CVD riskCVD riskHigh riskHigh cardiovascular disease riskCardiovascular risk increasesHigh cardiovascular riskOverall study populationCardiovascular disease riskBody mass indexMultivariable mixed modelsNational Health CommissionAntihypertensive medicationsAspirin useCardiovascular riskCVD screeningMass indexStudy populationChinese adultsHan ethnicityDisease riskStatinsMixed modelsHealth CommissionSocioeconomic statusPopulation subgroups
2018
Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults
Linderman GC, Lu J, Lu Y, Sun X, Xu W, Nasir K, Schulz W, Jiang L, Krumholz HM. Association of Body Mass Index With Blood Pressure Among 1.7 Million Chinese Adults. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e181271-e181271. PMID: 30646115, PMCID: PMC6324286, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.1271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureAntihypertensive medicationsMass indexMean (SD) BMIMean (SD) systolic BPIncrease of BPUnit body mass indexPrimary health care sitesComprehensive subgroup analysisMillion Persons ProjectDiastolic blood pressureSubgroup of patientsCross-sectional studyElectronic BP monitorsHealth care sitesSubgroup of individualsUntreated subgroupSubgroup analysisCare sitesBP monitorMAIN OUTCOMEChinese adultsChinese population