Rural-urban comparison in prevalence of hypertension and its factors among adolescents of Sarawak, Malaysia : A cross-sectional study
This paper reports a study of the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension, and its associated factors among secondary school students in Sarawak. Methods:It was a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire, anthropometric and blood pressure measurement. Results: A total of 2461 secondary...
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Turkish Society of Public Health Specialists
2020
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30438/1/Helmy%20Hazmi.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30438/ https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tjph/issue/53955/539652 |
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| Summary: | This paper reports a study of the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension, and
its associated factors among secondary school students in Sarawak. Methods:It was a cross-sectional
study using a questionnaire, anthropometric and blood pressure measurement. Results: A total of
2461 secondary school children participated. The prevalence of pre-hypertension was 13.2%, stage
1 hypertension was 12.4% and stage 2 hypertension was 4.6%. The prevalence of overweightness
and obesity was 24.3%, elevated waist circumference was 13.5, and overfat and obese was 6.7%.
Based on the urban model, factors that were associated with pre-hypertension were age, gender,
parent with history of hypertension, overweightness and obesity. At the hypertension level, only
maleness, overweightness and obesity were found to be associated factors. |
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