Population
21,768 adults from 13 regions of Russia participating in the ESSE-RF study.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Regional obesity-NCD associations in Russia; leaves open targeted prevention strategies pending prospective validation.
In the Russian population, obesity is highly prevalent and strongly associated with systemic hypertension, highlighting the need for population-level weight control strategies.
Balanova et al. (2018) studied this question.