Table 2.1: Urban and rural population in China 1951–1998

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Table 3.1: Subjects’ characteristics

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Table 3.2: Age- and residency-adjusted Pearson correlation between variables used in factor analysis

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Table 4.1: Subjects’characteristics and prevalence of obesity-related metabolic disorders

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Table 4.2: Distribution of number of metabolic disorders by BMI interval

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Table 4.3: Sensitivity and specificity of BMI cutoffs in predicting obesity-related metabolic disorders in men and women

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Table 5.1: Selected characteristics of the rural and urban study population

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Table 5.2: Age-adjusted comparison of metabolic indices, by locations and genders

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Table 5.3: Age-standardized prevalence of the metabolic syndrome according to the ATP III and Asian guideline in the rural and urban men and women

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