Population
29,970 rural adults aged ≥35 years in Liaoning Province, China.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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High rural prehypertension burden may prompt screening; leaves open whether targeting overweight, obesity, and drinking alters progression.
The prevalence of prehypertension in rural Chinese adults is dramatically high (47.0%) and is strongly associated with modifiable risk factors such as overweight, obesity, and alcohol consumption.
Sun et al. (2007) studied this question.
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