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. 2024 Jun 28;103(26):e38676.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000038676.

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control of hypertension among adults inhabited in the coastal area of Tianjin, China

Fenghua Wang  1 , Maoti Wei  1 , Ning Yang  2 , Xiongguan Wang  3
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control of hypertension among adults inhabited in the coastal area of Tianjin, China

Fenghua Wang et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

Abstract

Hypertension has long been a worldwide health concern. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension and analyze the factors related to hypertension among adult residents of the coastal areas of Tianjin, China. This was a cross-sectional study. Adults aged 35 to 75 years were selected for the study using cluster random sampling methods. Detailed information was collected via face-to-face surveys and medical checkups. We assessed the rates of hypertension in the total population and sub-populations and used multivariable logistic regression to identify the factors associated with the prevalence and the control of hypertension. In total, 6305 participants aged 55.22 ± 10.37 years were included in this study. Approximately 49.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 48.5%-51.1%) of the population had hypertension; the prevalence increased with age and body mass index (all P < .001). Multivariable logistic regression showed that the odds ratio of hypertension was 5.93 times more in participants aged 65 to 75 years than in those aged 35 to 44 (95% CI: 4.85-7.26, P < .001). The odds ratio of hypertension was 3.63 times more in obese participants than in those of normal weight (95% CI: 3.08-4.28, P < .001). Additionally, the awareness, treatment, control, and control under-treatment rates of hypertension were 89.7%, 83.6%, 54.4%, and 60.5%, respectively. Factors associated with having controlled hypertension included sex, body mass index, and dyslipidemia (all P < .01). Our study identified that in the coastal area of Tianjin, China, about half have hypertension, also the region has high rates of hypertension awareness, treatment and control, and more than half of hypertension patients receiving treatment have controlled hypertension.

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Figure 1.
Multivariable logistic regression showing factors associated with prevalence of hypertension. BMI = body mass index, CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, Ref. = Reference.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the factors associated with control of hypertension under treatment. BMI = body mass index, CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, Ref. = Reference.
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