Association of 6-year waist circumference gain and incident hypertension

Objective

The risk of incident hypertension with gain in waist circumference (WC) has not been fully addressed among Chinese adults.

Methods

A total of 10 265 non-hypertensive participants ≥18 years old who underwent health examinations in rural China were recruited in 2007–2008 and followed up in 2013–2014. Participants were classified by gender according to categories of per cent WC gain at follow-up: ≤−2.5%, −2.5% to 2.5%,...