A study on incidence and influencing factors of hypertension in teaching staff in a university of Henan Province
Zhao Mingjuan
Li Binghui
Huang Qiao
Huang Di
Qiao Yixin
Hui Xuezhi
Abstract：To survey and analyze the incidence and influencing factors of hypertension in university teaching staff, a special population, and to provide evidence for hypertension prevention and treatment in universities and colleges. Methods The prevalence of hypertension was retrospectively analyzed in teaching staff in a university of Henan Province from May 15, 2017 to Jan. 18, 2018, and then a subgroup analysis was conducted according to blood sugar, body mass index (BMI), sex and age. Results There were totally 4717 teachers included. The incidence of hypertension was 31.40% (95%CI: 30.07%~32.72%), and the hypertensive level was at grade 1 in most of hypertensive patients 22.79% (95%CI:21.59%~23.99%). The results of Chi-square test analysis showed that the incidence of hypertension was 39.45% (95%CI: 37.53%~41.36%) in the male and 22.30% (95%CI: 20.57%~24.04%) in the female. The incidence of hypertension was 15.06% (95%CI: 13.27%~16.84%) in patients aged≥40, 34.24% (95%CI: 32.09%~36.38%) in those aged from 40 to 60, and 46.69% (95%CI: 43.97%~49.40%) in those aged>60. The incidence of hypertension was 13.56% (95%CI: 7.38%~19.74%) in patients with BMI≤18.5 kg/m2, 24.02% (95%CI: 22.45%~25.59%) in those with BMI=18.5 kg/m2~25 kg/m2, 42.57% (95%CI: 40.12%~45.03%) in those with BMI≤30 kg/m2, and 58.25% (95%CI: 51.52%~64.99%) in those with BMI>30 kg/m2. The incidence of hypertension was 27.94% (95%CI: 26.56%~29.31%) in patients with normal blood sugar, and 54.18% (95%CI: 50.26%~58.10%) in patients with high blood sugar. Therefore, sex, age, BMI and blood sugar all increased the prevalence of hypertension (P<0.001). Conclusion The prevalence of hypertension is higher in a university of Henan Province. The major influencing factors on blood pressure level include male, advanced age, overweight/ obese and higher blood sugar. The population influenced by above factors should be the key population in hypertension prevention and treatment.
Keywords：University staffHypertensionIncidenceInfluencing factors
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 722-724,728 )