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December 12, 2023Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health SciencesOpen Access

The prevalence of hypertension among the workers was 50.5%, with significant risk factors being education level (OR=2.4, 95% CI: 1.14, 4.88) and BMI (OR=2.7, 95% CI: 1.09, 6.67).

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Why the study?

Port container terminal workers face high risks for hypertension due to work-related exposures and male predominance, making the identification of significant risk factors important.

Population

200 male port container terminal workers

Design

Cross-sectional study

Authors

NDNurul Izzati Mohamad DaudSESaliza Mohd Elias

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Overview

May support targeted screening in port workers; cross-sectional data leaves causal links and practice change open.

Structured PICO

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Population
200 male port container terminal workers
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Outcome
Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors

There is a high prevalence of hypertension (50.5%) among male port container terminal workers, which is significantly associated with lower education levels and unhealthy BMI.

Cite This Study

Daud et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70f287f44fa9f079deb334https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.19.s14.8
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