Xiao-Ying Cao

Central obesity and blood pressure burden among Chinese children and adolescents with normal body mass index: a repeated-measures analysis of the China health and nutrition survey

Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to screen for pediatric adiposity, but it cannot differentiate fat distribution and fails to identify central fat accumulation among normal-weight youth. We aimed to evaluate whether central obesity was independently associated with high blood pressure among Chinese children and...