Hypertension in a mountainous province of Vietnam: prevalence and risk factors

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Toan Pham Duc¹  Nhon Bui Van²  Le Bui Minh³  Pau Loke Show⁴  Huong Trinh Thi Thu⁴  Viet Tran Tuan⁵  Long Vo Hoang⁶  Vu Thi Nga⁷  Khanh Do Nam⁸  Phong Phan Dinh⁸  Thu Tran Thi Ha⁸  Dinh-Toi Chu⁹ 

[1] Cardiovascular Center, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Corresponding author.;Department of Traditional Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Department of Cardiology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Department of Nursing, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Department of Science and Technology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Dong A Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;

关键词: Cardiology;    Endocrinology;    Health sciences;    Public health;    Hypertension familial history;    Moc Chau district;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Hypertension (HTN) significantly contributes to global disease burden, and its prevalence varies amongst different countries and regions. This work is aimed to characterize the hypertensive prevalence and identify risk factors for HTN among the residents in five locations (four communes and one town) of Moc Chau district (Son La province, Vietnam). Methods: A cross-sectional study with a cross-sectional methodology was done in selected places from August 2018 to December 2018. We interviewed 197 participants aged equal to or more than 18 years old and measured their blood pressure (BP). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were applied. Results: The overall HTN prevalence of 30.0% was recorded. The differences of HTN prevalence rates were seen by several characters including age groups (p <0.001), accompanying disease (p <0.001) and alcohol drinking (p <0.05). Factors independently associated with hypertension were age (ORs: 3.1 [1.1–9.1]; 6.1 [1.7–22.3]), much salty consumption (OR: 2.6 [1.1–6.6]), alcohol use (OR: 3.1 [1.2–8.1]), HTN familial history (OR: 4.2 [1.3–13.3]) and at least one suffering disease (OR: 5.2 [2.1–12.7]). Conclusions: Thus, this study highlighted the high overall HTN prevalence in the Vietnam Northwestern region. Significant differences of HTN rate were observed among several characteristics such as age groups, accompanying disease and alcohol drinking. Age group, much salty consumption, alcohol use, hypertension familial history and at least one suffering disease were risk factors for HTN in study group.

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