Trends and determinants of blood pressure in Chinese children and adolescents during the recent obesity epidemic: a repeated cross-sectional study over 25 years

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1045000

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Over the last 25 years, the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased over 9 times among Chinese children and adolescents. The aims of this project are to assess the trends of blood pressure levels in children during the period of obesity epidemic, and to estimate the effects of obesity and other factors on the trends of blood pressure levels. In this repeated cross-sectional study, we will analyse the data of six surveys collected over a period of 25 years with over 1.4 million participants.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $349,259.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

blood pressure | body mass index | childhood | hypertension | obesity

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