Association of body mass index and waist circumference with hypertension in Cangzhou rural elderly people
Abstract：Objective To study the association of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with hypertension in Cangzhou rural elderly people .Methods A total of 1560 Cangzhou residends aged 60 -89 years undergoing medical examination were investigated with question-naire .The 1560 elderly people were divided into hypertension group (n=868) and non-hyperten-sion group (692) .The prevalence of hypertension in these people and its relevant risk factors such as BMI and WC were compared .Results The prevalence of overweight ,obesity ,abdominal obesi-ty ,and overweight plus abdominal obesity was significantly higher in hypertension group than in non-hypertension group (33 .6% vs 10 .8% ,38 .8% vs 9 .7% ,36 .6% vs 19 .4% ,23 .3% vs 6 .1% , P<0 .01) .The risk of hypertension was 2 .41-fold higher in elderly people with an abnormal WC than in those with a normal WC (95% CI:1 .906 -3 .042 ,P=0 .000) .Correlation factor analysis showed that bad diatary habit ,smoking and alcohol drinking were the high risk factors for over-weight or obesity in Cangzhou rural elderly people .Conclusion The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rather high in Cangzhou rural elderly people .The BMI and WC are closely related with hypertension .Bad dietary habit is the risk factor for overweight or obesity ,it is thus essential to improve their bad dietary habit in prevention of chronic diseases such as hypertension .
Keywords：hypertensionbody mass indexoverweightfood habits
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 928-931 )