| Autor: |
Li Cong, Jin Qiong Zhan, Lan Yang, Wei Zhang, Shu Gang Li, Cheng Chen, Hong Yan Zhang, Zhi Ping Ma, Xiao Ling Hao, Dilixia Simayi, Lin Tao, Jin Zhao, A Amanguli, Meiliguli Mohemaiti, Ming Xia Jing, Wei Wang, Abudukeyoumu Saimaiti, Xiao Guang Zou, Yan Gu, Li Li, Ying Hong Wang, Feng Li, Wen Jie Zhang |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e90262 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0090262 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND: The pandemic of obesity is a global public health concern. Most studies on obesity are skewed toward high-income and urban settings and few covers low-income populations. This study focused on the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their correlations with blood lipids/metabolites/enzymes (bio-indicators) in a rural community typical of low-income in remote western China. METHODS: This study was performed in a Muslim ethnic Uyghur rural community in Kashi Prefecture of Xinjiang, about 4,407 km (2,739 miles) away from Beijing. Body mass index (BMI) and major blood bio-indicators (25 total items) were measured and demographic information was collected from 1,733 eligible healthy women aged 21 to 71 yrs, of whom 1,452 had complete data for analysis. More than 92% of the women lived on US$1.00/day or less. According to the Chinese criteria, overweight and obesity were defined as BMI at 24 to |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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