Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associations with blood pressure among children and adolescents in Shandong, China.

Background: Obesity and high blood pressure (BP) are public health problems all over the world. Some studies have reported a positive association between them in children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associations with BP among school children and adolescents in Shandong, an important province in eastern China.

[The status of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in adult population in Shandong province in 2011].

Objective: To identify the status of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in adult population in Shandong province in China.

Methods: A total of 15 350 representative subjects aged 18 to 69 in Shandong province were selected with multistage stratified and clustered sampling design. Questionnaire investigation and physical examination including measurement of blood pressure, height and weight, were taken for all of them.

[Survey on native place and surname of parents in a newborn infant cord blood DNA bank of Han nation].

A hospital-sampled newborn infant cord blood DNA bank was collected to measure the homogeneity comparing with China and northern China population by distribution of native place and surname. The DNA bank included in 566 cases of newborn infant of Han nation in a hospital in Beijing to sample cord blood, parents' native place and surname. The parents' native place and surname were analyzed for distribution, proportion to evaluate their difference with those from China and northern China population data.