September 4, 2014PLoS ONEOpen Access

Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of General Obesity and Abdominal Obesity among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China and Implications in Preventive Public Health

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Population

8,036 low-income rural and nomadic minority adults residing in 18 villages in Xinjiang, China.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JHJia HeTongji University SGShuxia GuoZhengzhou People's Hospital JLJiaming LiuHenan University of Science and Technology

Discussion

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Implication

Supports targeted screening in these rural groups; leaves open whether interventions reduce cardiometabolic risk.

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Population

8,036 low-income rural and nomadic minority adults (≥ 18 years old) residing in 18 villages in Xinjiang, China (3,920 Kazakhs and 4,116 Uyghurs).

Outcome

Prevalence of general obesity (defined by BMI) and abdominal obesity (defined by waist circumference)surrogate

General and abdominal obesity are highly prevalent among rural ethnic Kazakhs and Uyghurs in western China, highlighting the need for targeted public health screening using BMI and waist circumference.

Limitations

Did not collect social-economic and environmental variables which would have impact on obesity
Could not establish causal relations due to a cross-sectional design

Cite This Study

He et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a834fc8fd21775accd9ce08 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106723

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Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of General Obesity and Abdominal Obesity among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China and Implications in Preventive Public Health

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of General Obesity and Abdominal Obesity among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China and Implications in Preventive Public Health

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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