Analysis on prevalence situation of hypertension among residents aged 15 years old or more in Hubei Province / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the hypertension prevalence situation and its associated factors among residents in Hu‐bei Province to provide a reference basis for preventing and controlling residents′ hypertension .Methods The residents aged 15 years old or more were sampled from 20 counties (cities and districts) by adopting the multi‐staged stratified cluster sampling .The unified questionnaire was adopted to conduct the face to face interview by entering home .The multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of hypertension .Results A total of 28 555 respondents were investigated ,4 135 respondents reported hypertension and the hypertension prevalence rate was 14 .48% .The hypertension prevalence rate in urban residents was 18 .41% ,which was higher than 11 .71% in rural residents(P0 .05) .The multivariate Logistic regression results revealed that the risk of hypertension was increased with age ;compared with job‐hololers ,the retired(OR=1 .44 , 95% CI1 .25-1 .65)and the unemployed(OR=1 .29 ,95% CI1 .15-1 .46)had more possibility to suffer from hypertension ;higher income earners had lower risk of hypertension ;obese people(OR=3 .09 ,95% CI2 .63~3 .63)and diabetes(OR= 3 .87 ,95% CI3 .30-4 .52)were more likely to suffer from hypertension .Conclusion The prevalence rate of hypertension among residents aged 15 years old or more in Hubei Province presents the increasing trend ,which needs the corresponding departments and institutions to adopt the measures to actively prevent and control hypertension .