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Objective
In this study, a genetic risk score (GRS) for the body mass index (BMI) tested and built using a large sample of Chinese individuals aged at least 50 years in southern China. We collected information regarding the participants’ weights at 20 years of age and middle age and tested the BMI‐GRS effect modes.
Methods
This study involved a prospective study design. The genetic data of the...
Objective We examined whether the association of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and subclinical atherosclerosis is independent of insulin resistance in a Chinese community sample with no history of type 2 diabetes.
Methods Five hundred and ninety‐six men and 526 women from a substudy of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS‐CVD) had carotid intimal‐medial thickness (IMT) measured by B‐mode ultrasonography,...
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