Key result
Gender, BMI, being an only child, and red wine consumption were the main factors affecting hypertension in college students, with hypertension prevalence at 1.2% for SBP and 7.2% for DBP.
Why the study?
Hypertension prevalence in adolescents is high but has received little attention, and its influencing factors remain unclear, particularly in Yunnan Province, China.
What are the prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension among college freshmen in Yunnan Province, China?
Cross-Sectional (n=4,781)
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What are the prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension among college freshmen in Yunnan Province, China?
Gender, BMI, being an only child, and red wine consumption are key factors associated with hypertension and prehypertension among college students in southwest China.
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May inform targeted BP screening in Chinese college students; leaves open causal validation of associated factors.
Purpose Previous studies have indicated that the prevalence rate of hypertension in adolescents is high, but it has not received much attention and the influencing factors are unclear, especially in Yunnan Province, China.Materials and methods A cluster sampling method was used to investigate 4781 freshmen in a college in Kunming, Yunnan Province from November to December. Demographic and lifestyle data were collected using questionnaires, and height, weight and blood pressure were measured. Decision tree model of hypertension in college students was established by Chi-square automatic interactive detection method.Results Prevalence of prehypertension of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were detected in 33.9% and 32.1%, respectively. Prevalence of hypertension of SBP and DBP was detected in 1.2% and 7.2%, respectively. The hypertension and prehypertension decision tree of SBP has gender (χ2 = 728.64, p < .001) at the first level and body mass index (BMI) (boys: χ2 = 55.98, p < .001; girls: χ2 = 79.58, p < .001) at the second level. The hypertension and prehypertension decision tree of DBP has gender (χ2 = 381.83, p < .001) at the first level, BMI (boys: χ2 = 40.54, p < .001; girls: χ2 = 48.79, p < .001) at the second level, only children (χ2 = 6.43, p = .04) and red wine consumption (χ2 = 8.17, p = .017) at the third level.Conclusions The present study suggests that gender, BMI, only children and red wine consumption were the main factors affecting hypertension in college students in southwest border areas of China.
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Xu et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=4,781). Risk factors (gender, BMI, only child status, red wine consumption) was evaluated on Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension. Gender, BMI, being an only child, and red wine consumption were the main factors affecting hypertension in college students, with hypertension prevalence at 1.2% for SBP and 7.2% for DBP.
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