Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1143-1149 , November 2009

Obesity and its associations with hypertension and type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults age 40 years and over

  • Yan-Hong He, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  • Guo-Xin Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Yan Yang, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  • Hong-Er Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baoshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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  • Rui Li, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Municipal Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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  • Xiao-Ying Li, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  • Guang Ning, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86-21-53061167; fax: +86-21-53061167.
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  • Qi Cheng, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86-21-53061167; fax: +86-21-53061167.

Received 26 September 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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 This study was supported by funds from Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (04DZ19502), (07DJ14005), Natural Science Foundation of School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (06XJ21202), Shanghai, China.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00176-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.003

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1143-1149 , November 2009

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