Momin M, Fan F, Li J, et al. - This study with 1,927 Chinese participants (57.2 ± 8.9 years old) with normal blood pressure at baseline, was undertaken to determine the incidence of hypertension in correlation with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and obesity defined using a combination of both indexes, in this population. The participants were selected from the Shijingshan community in Beijing. The development of incident hypertension was reported in 19.1% of the men and 13.6% of the women during 2.3 years of follow-up. The incidence of hypertension was found to be increased by 8% and 10% in men and women, respectively, in correlation with a 1-point increase in BMI. In both genders, a positive link was identified between abdominal obesity (WC ≥90 cm in men and ≥85 cm in women) and incident hypertension. Overall, BMI, WC, and an index that integrated the two were found to be independently related to incident hypertension in this Chinese community-based population.