Clustering of Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors in Healthy Adults Aged 35 Years and Older in Shenzhen, China.

Wen Qing NI; Jian XU; Min Liu; Xiao Li Liu; Li Chen Yang; Zhi Peng Zhuo; Xue Li Yuan; Jin Ping Song; Hong Shan Chi; Ya Min Bai

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Clustering of Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors in Healthy Adults Aged 35 Years and Older in Shenzhen, China.

Author: Wen Qing NI ¹ ; Jian XU ¹ ; Min LIU ² ; Xiao Li LIU ¹ ; Li Chen YANG ³ ; Zhi Peng ZHUO ¹ ; Xue Li YUAN ¹ ; Jin Ping SONG ¹ ; Hong Shan CHI ¹ ; Ya Min BAI ²
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1. Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen 518020, Guangdong, China.
2. Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
3. Key laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition of the Ministry of Health, National Institute of Nutrition for Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Healthy adults; Non-communicable diseases; Prevalence; Risk factors
MeSH: Adult; China; epidemiology; Cluster Analysis; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Noncommunicable Diseases; epidemiology; Risk Factors
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2017;30(9):661-666
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: We assessed the prevalence of non- communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors with a focus on their clustering among healthy adults in Shenzhen, China. Data from the 2011 China Health and Nutrition Survey, comprising a regionally representative sample of 806 healthy adults aged 35 years or older, were obtained to determine the prevalence of five risk factors for NCDs. The prevalence of current smoking, central obesity, impaired fasting glucose, borderline hypertension, and borderline high total cholesterol was 19.97%, 28.29%, 4.47%, 10.55%, and 36.10%, respectively. A total 63.77% of participants had at least one risk factor. Upon examination of risk factor clustering, we observed that 7.57% of participants had at least three risk factors. Using this threshold as a cutoff, clustering of risk factors was associated with sex [odds ratio (OR) = 3.336, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.782 to 6.246], physical activity (OR = 1.913, 95% CI: 1.009 to 3.628), and BMI (OR = 7.376, 95% CI: 3.812 to 14.270). The prevalence of risk factors for NCDs is fairly high among healthy adults in Shenzhen, with a clustering tendency.