Estimating the risks and prevalence of hypertension in a suburban area of Beijing
| Autor: | Chao Wh, Lu Ann Aday, Zhang C, Youssef A, Liu Sw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Gerontology
Male medicine.medical_specialty China Health (social science) Psychological intervention Disease Beijing Risk Factors Health care medicine Odds Ratio Prevalence Humans Family history Preventive healthcare Aged business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Middle Aged Health Surveys Cardiovascular Diseases Community health Hypertension Regression Analysis Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of community health. 19(5) |
| ISSN: | 0094-5145 |
| Popis: | Community-oriented primary care (COPC) provides a framework for identifying and addressing a defined community's health and health care needs. The research reported upon here is based on a community health survey in a new suburban neighborhood (Tayuan region) in the Haidian district of Beijing, conducted by the Beijing Medical University Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Care, to serve as a basis for planning health care services for the residents in that community. The analyses focus on the prevalence and predictors of hypertension among older adult residents (those 45 years of age and older). Based on logistic regression analyses, the odds ratios (in parentheses) confirm that individuals with a family history of cardiovascular disease were more likely to have been diagnosed as hypertensive (1.57). Hypertensives were also more likely to have uncontrolled systolic (3.85) or diastolic (4.75) blood pressure and associated behavioral and biologic risks, such as obesity (1.87) and renal damage (2.60). These risks were even greater among current or former smokers. These analyses will inform the design of community-oriented primary care interventions in that particular community in the People's Republic of China. They also signal important implications and highlight practical methods for assessing and targeting interventions in U.S. communities facing comparable, but unexamined, risks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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