title: Relationship between white blood cells and hypertension in Chinese adults: the Cardiometabolic Risk in Chinese (CRC) study.
abstract: Increased blood pressure was associated with increased white blood cell count (adjusted p < 0.001) in a community-based health examination survey of adults in China (n = 39 282; aged 18-93 years). Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for hypertension across white blood cell count quintiles were 1.00, 0.99 (0.89-1.09), 1.11 (1.01-1.22), 1.09 (0.99-1.20), and 1.19 (1.08-1.31) (p for trend < 0.001). Body mass index and white blood cell count had an additive effect on systolic blood pressure (p for interaction = 0.047). Therefore, white blood cell count could independently predict hypertension in Chinese adults.
authors.affiliation: a Xuzhou Medical College , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: b Department of Endocrinology , Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Institute of Medical Sciences, Xuzhou Institute of Diabetes , Jiangsu , China .|c Xuzhou Clinical School, Xuzhou Medical College, Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University , Xuzhou , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: c Xuzhou Clinical School, Xuzhou Medical College, Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University , Xuzhou , Jiangsu , China .|d Department of Cardiology , Xuzhou Central Hospital , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Ruihua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: b Department of Endocrinology , Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Institute of Medical Sciences, Xuzhou Institute of Diabetes , Jiangsu , China .|c Xuzhou Clinical School, Xuzhou Medical College, Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University , Xuzhou , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Xuekui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Xuzhou Medical College , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a Xuzhou Medical College , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Xuzhou Medical College , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Qinqin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: e Department of Nutrition , Harvard School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA , and.|f Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine , Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: b Department of Endocrinology , Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou Institute of Medical Sciences, Xuzhou Institute of Diabetes , Jiangsu , China .|c Xuzhou Clinical School, Xuzhou Medical College, Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University , Xuzhou , Jiangsu , China .
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Hypertension; joint effect; white blood cell