Poor Physical Capacity Combined With High Body Fat Percentage as an Independent Risk Factor for Incident Hypertension in Chinese Suburb-Dwelling Older Adults

Poor Physical Capacity Combined With High Body Fat Percentage as an Independent Risk Factor for Incident Hypertension in Chinese Suburb-Dwelling Older Adults

BackgroundThis study examined the effects of poor physical capacity and high body fat percentage (BF%) on the incidence of hypertension in Chinese suburb-dwelling older adults. MethodsThis study was conducted on 368 Chinese suburb-dwelling participants aged ≥ 60 years without hypertension (mean age:...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in public health 2022-07, Vol.10, p.875041-875041
Hauptverfasser: Han, Peipei, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Chen, Xiaoyu, Liang, Zhenwen, Yu, Xing, Liu, Yuewen, Sang, Sijia, Mao, Jiayin, Liu, Jingxuan, Chen, Wuxiong, Li, Junxue, Cheng, Yazhou, Zheng, Yaqing, Zhang, Ziwei, Li, Ming, Guo, Qi
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Sprache:eng
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body fat percentage (BF%)
Chinese
incident hypertension
older adults
physical capacity
Public Health
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Zusammenfassung:BackgroundThis study examined the effects of poor physical capacity and high body fat percentage (BF%) on the incidence of hypertension in Chinese suburb-dwelling older adults. MethodsThis study was conducted on 368 Chinese suburb-dwelling participants aged ≥ 60 years without hypertension (mean age: 66.74 ± 5.59 years, 48.9% men). Poor physical capacity is defined by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) criteria as grip strength < 26 kg for men and < 18 kg for women or walking speed
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.875041