The Risk Factors of High Blood Pressure among Young Adults in the Tujia-Nationality Settlement of China

Demographics questionnaires, and fitness tests were utilized to identify the risk factors of hypertension among younger adults in the years 2005, 2010, and 2014 in China's southwest province of Hubei. The results demonstrated that the prevalence of hypertension was higher between 2011 and 2014...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaoli, Xiang, Zheng, Shi, Xiangrong, Schenck, Hannah, Yi, Xinfeng, Ni, Rong, Liu, Chaoneng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8315603
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Sumario:Demographics questionnaires, and fitness tests were utilized to identify the risk factors of hypertension among younger adults in the years 2005, 2010, and 2014 in China's southwest province of Hubei. The results demonstrated that the prevalence of hypertension was higher between 2011 and 2014 among the young people in this area. The main risk factors of developing hypertension were found to be sex (as man), individuals over 40 years old, blue collar employees who worked in rural areas, overweight/obesity, and those with the low CRF.

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