• Department of General Practice, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, P. R. China;
DAIHua, Email: auhiad0208@126.com
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Objective To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for hypertensive women in Chengdu communities, as well as the urban-rural differences. Methods Cluster random sampling method was used. Cross-sectional data on questionnaire for physical examination and laboratory tests were collected from study of 1 202 women in urban and rural Chengdu between February and October 2010. Results This study enrolled the total of 1 202 women aged from 35 to 70 in Chengdu communities, where 616 were from urban areas and 586 from rural areas. Of them, 402 had hypertension with an overall prevalence rate of 33.44% and with the standardized prevalence of 35.27%. The prevalence of hypertension in urban women (42.86%) was higher than that of rural women (23.55%); the difference was statistical (χ2=13.057, P<0.001). The prevalence of hypertension increased with the age increase. The highest cardiovascular risk factors coexisted with hypertensive women was high waist circumference (abdominal obesity), followed by triglyceride (33.33%), total cholesterol (TC) (33.08%), impaired glucose tolerance (38.86%), impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (24.38%), body mass index (16.67%), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (0.75%). The urban hypertensive women had higher the ratio and average of high waist circumference, IFG and TC than thoes from rural areas with a statistically difference (P<0.05). Conclusion Hypertension prevalence in women from rural areas is higher than that in women from urban areas. The urban hypertensive women has higher ratio of risk factors than thoes from rural areas.

Citation: LIAOXiao-yang, DAIHua, WUJia, ZOUChuan, ZHAOQian. A Cross-sectional Study of the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Hypertension in Women from Chengdu Communities. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(5): 809-811. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140248 Copy

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