TY - JOUR
T1 - Descriptive Epidemiology of Hypertension and Its Association with Obesity
T2 - Based on the WHO STEPwise Approach to Surveillance in Palau
AU - Wang, Chaochen
AU - Chiang, Chifa
AU - Yatsuya, Hiroshi
AU - Hilawe, Esayas Haregot
AU - Ikerdeu, Edolem
AU - Honjo, Kaori
AU - Mita, Takashi
AU - Cui, Renzhe
AU - Hirakawa, Yoshihisa
AU - Madraisau, Sherilynn
AU - Iso, Hiroyasu
AU - Aoyama, Atsuko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - The rise of noncommunicable diseases is a serious health burden for Palau. This study described the prevalence of hypertension, and assessed its association with obesity. Surveys following the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance were conducted in 2529 adults. Multivariate prevalence ratios (PR) of hypertension for body mass index (BMI) categories were calculated by logistic regression models using conditional standardization procedure. Age- and sex-specified analyses were performed. Overall prevalence of obesity and hypertension were 40.4% and 46.8%, respectively. Prevalence of hypertension was positively associated with BMI. However, overweight men had as high prevalence of hypertension as the obese (multivariable-adjusted PR was 1.84 for overweight and 1.91 for obese compared with nonoverweight). The association between hypertension and BMI was similar across age groups. The prevalence of hypertension in women increased gradually with the increase of BMI whereas that in men reached a plateau already in the overweight.
AB - The rise of noncommunicable diseases is a serious health burden for Palau. This study described the prevalence of hypertension, and assessed its association with obesity. Surveys following the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance were conducted in 2529 adults. Multivariate prevalence ratios (PR) of hypertension for body mass index (BMI) categories were calculated by logistic regression models using conditional standardization procedure. Age- and sex-specified analyses were performed. Overall prevalence of obesity and hypertension were 40.4% and 46.8%, respectively. Prevalence of hypertension was positively associated with BMI. However, overweight men had as high prevalence of hypertension as the obese (multivariable-adjusted PR was 1.84 for overweight and 1.91 for obese compared with nonoverweight). The association between hypertension and BMI was similar across age groups. The prevalence of hypertension in women increased gradually with the increase of BMI whereas that in men reached a plateau already in the overweight.
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U2 - 10.1177/1010539517704042
DO - 10.1177/1010539517704042
M3 - Article
C2 - 28417677
AN - SCOPUS:85020191065
SN - 1010-5395
VL - 29
SP - 278
EP - 287
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
IS - 4
ER -
