Objective To explore the
risk factor of
chronic disease-related
behaviors such as
smoking,
drinking, exercising and
eating habit among residents in Liubei District, Liuzhou City.
Methods 2 487
adult residents in Liubei District were sampled by multistage sampling
method and surveyed on their way of
life and
behavior risk factors. The content of
questionnaire involved familial
population information, past medical
history, way of
life and
eating habit. EpiData 3.1 was applied to install database, SPSS 17.0 was used for
data analysis, multivariate
Logistic regression was used to analyze the
risk factor of
chronic disease-related
behaviors. Results The rates of
hypertension, diabetes,
stroke,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (
COPD) were 13.63%,4.22%,3.62%,0.36% and 6.84%, respectively. The rate of
smoking,
drinking, doing
physical exercise and eat
breakfast regularly were 22.92%, 5.43%,52.87% and 93.07%. Multivariate
Logistic regression analysis showed that older and
smoking were
risk factors of
chronic disease, while
physical exercise was
protective factor of
chronic disease. Conclusions Intervening
measure taken in
chronic disease demonstration zone were effective in the past 5 years, and
health education on behavioral intervention should be carried on continuous to reduce
incidence of
chronic disease.