Gender differences in risk factors of hypertension in town population, Guiping, Guangxi

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-3806.2014.05.09

Abstract：Objective To explore the gender differences in risk factors of hypertension in town residents for making gender-differentiated strategies of hypertension prevention in general population .Methods One thousand and fifty-seven adult residents were enrolled by two stage stratified cluster sampling , and the univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used sequentially to estimate the risk factors of hypertension .All analyses stratified by sex were performed .Results Three hundred and forty-seven participants with hypertension were detected , 107 men and 240 women, the proportions of male and female were 30.84% and 69.16%, respectively.Multivariate logistic re-gression analysis showed that older age ( OR =1.045 , 95%CI:1.011 ~1.063 ) , lack of physical activity ( OR =4.596 ,95%CI:1.657~12.734 ) , and smoking ( OR=1.058 ,95%CI:1.073~1.524 ) were associated with hyper-tension of men.For women, older age(OR=1.074,95%CI:1.052~1.091), menopause(OR=2.022,95%CI:1.082~3.775 ) , eating organ meats ( OR=1.043 ,95%CI:1.009~1.054 ) , BMI≥24 kg/m2 ( OR=2.204 ,95%CI:1.641~2.973 ) , and diabetes ( OR=2.122 ,95%CI:1.313~3.442 ) were associated with hypertension .Conclu-sion Gender differences in risk factors of hypertension were significant in town population , and this suggests that gender-differentiated strategies are needed while preventing hypertension in general population .