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Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994

A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly and to study the relationship between hypertension in the elderly and various sociodemographic, behavioural and nutritional factors. This study involved an the Chinese elderly persons aged 55 and above...

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Main Authors: Teo, Gim Sian, Md. Idris Mohd Nor,
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Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
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spelling my-ukm.journal.44932016-12-14T06:36:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4493/ Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994 Teo, Gim Sian Md. Idris Mohd Nor, A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly and to study the relationship between hypertension in the elderly and various sociodemographic, behavioural and nutritional factors. This study involved an the Chinese elderly persons aged 55 and above in 2 randomly selected Chinese villages in Seberang Prai Tengah, Pulau Pinang. This study included house to house interview, anthropometric assessment and blood pressure measurement. The prevalence of hypertension was 48.1% and out of this, 65 (55.6%) were aware of having hypertension and were on treatment. There was a significant rise in the prevalence with age. There was no significant difference in the prevalence in both sexes. Hypertension was found to be inversely related to per capita income. Hypertension was significantly more common in smokers than non-smokers and in those with positive family history. Hypertension was found to be inversely related to physical activity (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the dietary intake of sodium, potassium, calcium, vitamin C and fat in the hypertensives compared to the normotensives. Alcohol intake in the elderly was low and not related tohypertension. From the multivariate analysis, age, smoking, physical activities and family history were the main independent factors that determined the prevalence of hypertension and systolic blood pressure. Physical activity and BMI were the main predictors of diastolic blood pressure. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4493/1/Vol12%281%29-Rizal.pdf Teo, Gim Sian and Md. Idris Mohd Nor, (2006) Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=141&issue=Vol12(1):2006
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description A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly and to study the relationship between hypertension in the elderly and various sociodemographic, behavioural and nutritional factors. This study involved an the Chinese elderly persons aged 55 and above in 2 randomly selected Chinese villages in Seberang Prai Tengah, Pulau Pinang. This study included house to house interview, anthropometric assessment and blood pressure measurement. The prevalence of hypertension was 48.1% and out of this, 65 (55.6%) were aware of having hypertension and were on treatment. There was a significant rise in the prevalence with age. There was no significant difference in the prevalence in both sexes. Hypertension was found to be inversely related to per capita income. Hypertension was significantly more common in smokers than non-smokers and in those with positive family history. Hypertension was found to be inversely related to physical activity (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between the dietary intake of sodium, potassium, calcium, vitamin C and fat in the hypertensives compared to the normotensives. Alcohol intake in the elderly was low and not related tohypertension. From the multivariate analysis, age, smoking, physical activities and family history were the main independent factors that determined the prevalence of hypertension and systolic blood pressure. Physical activity and BMI were the main predictors of diastolic blood pressure.
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author Teo, Gim Sian
Md. Idris Mohd Nor,
spellingShingle Teo, Gim Sian
Md. Idris Mohd Nor,
Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
author_facet Teo, Gim Sian
Md. Idris Mohd Nor,
author_sort Teo, Gim Sian
title Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
title_short Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
title_full Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
title_fullStr Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in Perkampungan Berapit and Prkampungan Sungai Lembu Seberang Prai Tengah, 1994
title_sort prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among the chinese elderly in perkampungan berapit and prkampungan sungai lembu seberang prai tengah, 1994
publisher Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2006
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