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
2017
Availability, cost, and prescription patterns of antihypertensive medications in primary health care in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Su M, Zhang Q, Bai X, Wu C, Li Y, Mossialos E, Mensah GA, Masoudi FA, Lu J, Li X, Salas-Vega S, Zhang A, Lu Y, Nasir K, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Availability, cost, and prescription patterns of antihypertensive medications in primary health care in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey. The Lancet 2017, 390: 2559-2568. PMID: 29102087, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32476-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary health care sitesNationwide cross-sectional surveyAntihypertensive medicationsPrimary health carePrescription patternsCross-sectional surveyHealth care sitesHealth centersVillage clinicsPrimary health care providersCommunity health stationsBurden of hypertensionCommunity health centersHealth careCAMS Innovation FundHealth care providersHigh-cost medicationsTownship health centersBlood pressureFamily Planning CommissionMedication costsAffordable medicationsNational HealthHealth stationsMedications