Jianhong Li

TL;DR: The estimated prevalence of diabetes among a representative sample of Chinese adults was 11.6% and the prevalence of prediabetes was 50.1%, which indicates the importance of diabetes as a public health problem in China.

TL;DR: A high prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in the general adult population in mainland China showed a high risk of developing coronary heart disease after adjustment for potential risk factors and each component of metabolic Syndrome as continuous variables.

TL;DR: The salt intake in Shandong is alarmingly higher than the current recommended amount (6 g/day), and effective interventions to reduce salt intake levels to combat the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases need to be developed and implemented.

TL;DR: The awareness, treatment and control rates of dyslipidemia have been comparatively low among Chinese adults, especially among the population who were young, or who were from rural area or western China.

TL;DR: Low blood HDL-C and hypertriglyceridemia are two major types of dyslipidemia in Chinese adults, and low blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels are a major cause of liver disease in these adults.