title: Prevalence of Central Obesity among Adults with Normal BMI and Its Association with Metabolic Diseases in Northeast China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of central obesity among adults with normal BMI and its association with metabolic diseases in Jilin Province, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 in Jilin Province of China. Information was collected by face to face interview. Descriptive data analysis and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of prevalence/frequency were conducted. Log-binomial regression analyses were used to find the independent factors associated with central obesity and to explore the adjusted association between central obesity and metabolic diseases among adults with normal BMI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the adult residents with normal BMI in Jilin Province, 55.6% of participants with central obesity self-assessed as normal weight and 27.0% thought their body weight were above normal. 12.7% of central obesity people took methods to lose weight, while 85.3% didn't. Female, older people and non-manual worker had higher risk to be central obesity among adults with normal BMI. Hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia were significantly associated with central obesity among adults with normal BMI, the PRs were 1.337 (1.224-1.461), 1.323 (1.193-1.456) and 1.261 (1.152-1.381) separately when adjusted for gender, age and BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia were significantly associated with central obesity among adults with normal BMI in Jilin Province, China. The low rates of awareness and control of central obesity among adults with normal BMI should be improved by government and health department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Chunshi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult