A prospective study on association between 2years change of waist circumference and incident hypertension in Han Chinese

Background Few prospective studies on association between waist circumference and hypertension have taken account of the dynamic change of WC, which caused by lifestyle modification. Methods After a baseline investigation, we conducted the first and the second follow-up assessments for subjects after 2 and 5 years, respectively. The difference value (D-value, the value at the first follow-up minus the value at baseline) in WC was calculated to...