Trends in disease burden of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and hypertensive heart disease attributable to high BMI in China: 1990–2019

Wang Yunchao; Jiang Junlin; Zhu Zhongxin

doi:10.1515/med-2024-1087

Open Medicine (Nov 2024)

Trends in disease burden of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and hypertensive heart disease attributable to high BMI in China: 1990–2019

Wang Yunchao,
Jiang Junlin,
Zhu Zhongxin

Affiliations

Wang Yunchao: Department of General Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Jiang Junlin: Department of General Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Zhu Zhongxin: Clinical Research Center, The First People’s Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1087
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 379 – 97

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High body mass index (BMI) is a significant risk factor for non-communicable diseases; however, its impact on disease burden in China remains understudied. This study aimed to analyze trends in the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), stroke, and hypertensive heart disease (HHD) attributable to high BMI in China from 1990 to 2019.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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