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JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 282-286Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.je.2017.03.001
Keywords
Abdominal obesity; WC; Prevalence; Chinese adults
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81172666]
- Institute of Nutrition and Health
- Caroline Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- NIH [R01-HD30880, DK056350, R24HD050924, R01-HD38700]
- Fogarty International Center, NIH
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
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Background: The prevalence of abdominal obesity is increasing dramatically worldwide. This study aimed to estimate the current prevalence of abdominal obesity from the 2011 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) and compare the data with other countries. Methods: Waist circumference (WC) of 12,326 Chinese adults (aged 20 years or older) from the 2011 CHNS were analyzed by age group and region. Abdominal obesity was defined as a WC >= 90 cm for men and WC >= 80 cm for women based on World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for Asians. Results: In 2011, the age-adjusted mean WC was 85.9 cm (95% confidence interval [CI], 85.6-86.2 cm) for men and 80.7 cm (95% CI, 80.4-80.9 cm) for women. Based on the WHO recommendations, the age-adjusted prevalence of abdominal obesity was 44.0% (95% CI, 43.1%-44.8%) overall, 35.3% (95% CI, 34.1%-36.6%) in men, and 51.7% (95% CI, 50.5%-52.9%) in women. Moreover, the age-adjusted prevalence was 44.0% (95% CI, 42.7%-45.2%) in rural populations, 42.5% (95% CI, 40.7%-44.2%) in urban populations, and 45.2% (95% CI, 43.5%-46.9%) in megacity populations. The prevalence in China (35.3% for men and 51.7% for women) was lower than in Japan (50.8% for men) and the United States (43.5% for men and 64.7% for women). Similar results were observed when applying the criteria suggested by the Working Group on Obesity in China. Conclusions: In 2011, the age-adjusted prevalence of abdominal obesity in China was 35.3% in men and 51.7% in women. (C) 2017 The Authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Japan Epidemiological Association.
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