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Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China
OBJECTIVE: As the most important risk factors of cardiovascular disease, pre-hypertension and hypertension are important public health challenges. Few studies have focused on the trends of pre-hypertension and hypertension specifically for the aging population in China. Given the anticipated growth...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132814 |
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author | Wu, Lei He, Yao Jiang, Bin Sun, Dongling Wang, Jianhua Liu, Miao Yang, Shanshan Wang, Yiyan |
author_facet | Wu, Lei He, Yao Jiang, Bin Sun, Dongling Wang, Jianhua Liu, Miao Yang, Shanshan Wang, Yiyan |
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description | OBJECTIVE: As the most important risk factors of cardiovascular disease, pre-hypertension and hypertension are important public health challenges. Few studies have focused on the trends of pre-hypertension and hypertension specifically for the aging population in China. Given the anticipated growth of the elderly population in China, there is an urgent need to document the conditions of pre-hypertension and hypertension in this aging population. METHODS: We conducted two cross-sectional surveys of Chinese adults aged ≥60 years in 2001 and 2010. A total of 2,272 (943 males, 1,329 females) and 2,074 (839 males, 1,235 females) participants were included in the two surveys, respectively. RESULTS: The age- and sex-standardized prevalence of hypertension significantly increased from 60.1% to 65.2% from the 2001 to the 2010 survey. Among the participants with hypertension, the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension all significantly increased from 69.8% to 74.5%, 50.3% to 63.7%, and 15.3% to 30.3%, respectively, from 2001 to 2010. A logistic regression showed that a higher education level, a higher BMI, a family history of hypertension and doctor-diagnosed cardiovascular disease were significantly associated with hypertension awareness and treatment. CONCLUSION: Hypertension prevalence increased rapidly between the years surveyed. Although the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension improved significantly, the values of these variables remained low. More attention should be given to the elderly because the population is aging worldwide, and urgent action, optimal treatment approaches and proper public health strategies must be taken to prevent and manage hypertension. |
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spelling | pubmed-45247122015-08-06 Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China Wu, Lei He, Yao Jiang, Bin Sun, Dongling Wang, Jianhua Liu, Miao Yang, Shanshan Wang, Yiyan PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: As the most important risk factors of cardiovascular disease, pre-hypertension and hypertension are important public health challenges. Few studies have focused on the trends of pre-hypertension and hypertension specifically for the aging population in China. Given the anticipated growth of the elderly population in China, there is an urgent need to document the conditions of pre-hypertension and hypertension in this aging population. METHODS: We conducted two cross-sectional surveys of Chinese adults aged ≥60 years in 2001 and 2010. A total of 2,272 (943 males, 1,329 females) and 2,074 (839 males, 1,235 females) participants were included in the two surveys, respectively. RESULTS: The age- and sex-standardized prevalence of hypertension significantly increased from 60.1% to 65.2% from the 2001 to the 2010 survey. Among the participants with hypertension, the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension all significantly increased from 69.8% to 74.5%, 50.3% to 63.7%, and 15.3% to 30.3%, respectively, from 2001 to 2010. A logistic regression showed that a higher education level, a higher BMI, a family history of hypertension and doctor-diagnosed cardiovascular disease were significantly associated with hypertension awareness and treatment. CONCLUSION: Hypertension prevalence increased rapidly between the years surveyed. Although the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension improved significantly, the values of these variables remained low. More attention should be given to the elderly because the population is aging worldwide, and urgent action, optimal treatment approaches and proper public health strategies must be taken to prevent and manage hypertension. Public Library of Science 2015-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4524712/ /pubmed/26241049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132814 Text en © 2015 Wu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wu, Lei He, Yao Jiang, Bin Sun, Dongling Wang, Jianhua Liu, Miao Yang, Shanshan Wang, Yiyan Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title | Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title_full | Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title_fullStr | Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title_full_unstemmed | Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title_short | Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension during 2001-2010 in an Urban Elderly Population of China |
title_sort | trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension during 2001-2010 in an urban elderly population of china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132814 |
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