Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Influencing Factors among Residents Aged 15-79 in Anyang City

Abstract

Objective To understand the prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension among residents aged 15-79 years old in Anyang City, and to provide scientific basis for formulating intervention measures.Methods from October to November 2017, 6397 residents aged 15-79 years in Anyang City were selected by multistage stratified sampling method for questionnaire survey and physical examination.Results the prevalence rate of hypertension was 28.24%, and the standardized rate was 28.38%;Compared with different gender, age, education level, marital status, occupation, BMI, whether central obesity, daily salt intake, smoking, drinking, sleep and other factors, there were statistically significant differences in the prevalence of hypertension (all P < 0.001), which increased with age and decreased with education level;The controllable risk factors of hypertension were overweight, central obesity, smoking, drinking, daily salt intake, sleep time, etc. the protective factors were college education level or above, knowing and answering correctly daily salt intake and standard sleep.Conclusion the prevalence rate of hypertension in Anyang residents aged 15-79 is high. Strengthening policy control, adopting the strategy of "whole population" and "high-risk population" to carry out health education and health promotion of hypertension prevention and control can effectively reduce the risk of hypertension and improve the compliance of standardized treatment and management of hypertension patients.