Why the study?
Reliable and timely information on chronic and non-communicable diseases and their risk factors is fundamental for informing the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policy.
Population
732 472 Chinese adults included across six survey years
Design
Series of periodical cross-sectional nationally representative surveys using multistage stratified cluster sampling
Authors
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May inform public-health NCD planning in China; leaves open individual-level causality and should not yet change clinical practice.
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