Publications by authors named "Xiang-Ren Yi"
Article Synopsis
- - The Database of Youth Health (DYH) program conducted multi-wave surveys from 2015 to 2021 to analyze health and behaviors of Chinese junior and senior high school students across Shandong province.
- - The survey included 99,327 students from 186 schools and covered various factors such as social-economic status, nutrition, mental health, and physical fitness.
- - This dataset is the first of its kind focused on Chinese adolescents and provides insights that can aid policymakers and educators in enhancing the wellbeing of young people.
Background: The relationship between obesity and hypertension varies with geographical area, race and definitions of obesity. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity using standard Chinese criteria based on the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC) and to examine the association between obesity and hypertension among middle-aged and elderly people in Jinan city.
Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 1,870 subjects from the blocks randomly selected from among the 6 communities of Jinan, China in 2011-2012.