Prevalence and risk factors of prehypertension in young and middle aged population of Pinghu area in Shenzhen / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the prevalence of prehypertension and the risk factors of prehypertension in young and middle aged population of Pinghu area in Shenzhen .so as to provide the scientific basis for prevention and control of hypertension .Methods 1 498 residents who were young and middle aged in Pinghu Area in Shenzhen were recruited .The prevalence was calculated and the risk factors were analyzed with logistic regression .Results The incidence of prehypertension was 42 .90% in the population . The incidence of prehypertension in male(51 .82% ) was significantly higher than that in female(28 .27% ) .The mean levels of fast-ing plasma glucose ,total cholesterol ,triglycerides ,LDL-C ,body mass index were higher in prehypertension group than that in nor-mal blood pressure group ,HDL-C was lower than that in the normal blood pressure group .Logistic regression analysis showed that that abdominal obesity ,overweight ,triglycerides and HDL-C were the risk factors of prehypertension in men ,while abdominal obe-sity ,overweight and triglycerides were the risk factors of prehypertension in women .Conclusion Prevalence of prehypertension is higher in young and middle aged individuals of Pinghu area in Shenzhen .The abdominal obesity ,overweight and triglycerides are the most important risk factors of prehypertension .