What question did this study set out to answer?

To assess the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension and determine associated psychosocial and lifestyle risk factors among undergraduate students in Southeast Asian countries.

August 23, 2017BMC Cardiovascular DisordersOpen Access

Prehypertension and psychosocial risk factors among university students in ASEAN countries

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Population

4,649 undergraduate university students from 7 ASEAN countries.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

KPKarl PeltzerAsia University SPSupa PengpidAsia University VSVanphanom SychareunUniversity of Health Sciences Vientiane

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Implication

May prompt BP screening in ASEAN university students; hypothesis-generating for interventions on modifiable risks.

Key Points

To assess the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension and determine associated psychosocial and lifestyle risk factors among undergraduate students in Southeast Asian countries.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey among N=4,649 undergraduate students (65.3% female; mean age 20.5 ± 2.9 years) across seven ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Measured blood pressure, anthropometric indices, health behaviors, and psychosocial indicators using multivariate regression analysis.
Identified an overall prehypertension prevalence of 19.0%, hypertension in 6.7%, and normotension in 74.2%, with prehypertension rates ranging from 11.3% in Indonesia to over 18% in Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Observed significant associations between prehypertension and male sex, living in upper-middle-income nations, independent campus living, obesity, daily soft drink intake, heavy alcohol consumption, and depressive symptoms.

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Population

4,649 undergraduate university students (females = 65.3%; mean age 20.5, SD = 2.9, age range of 18-30 years) from 7 ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam).

Outcome

Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension, and identification of psychosocial risk factors for prehypertension

A significant proportion of university students in ASEAN countries have prehypertension, which is strongly associated with modifiable lifestyle and psychosocial factors such as obesity, heavy drinking, and depression.

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Peltzer et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fd0309e54838161fd39c8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0666-3

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Prehypertension and psychosocial risk factors among university students in ASEAN countries

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Prehypertension and psychosocial risk factors among university students in ASEAN countries

Discussion

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Key Points

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