Research Article

The Prevalence of Hypertension in the Population without Awareness of the Disease: Data from a Rural Town of Shandong Province, China

Table 1

The related factors of hypertension in the population without awareness of hypertension in a rural area over 60 years old.

NormalPrehypertensionLevel 1Level 2Level 3StatisticsTrendPtrend

Gender (male/female)140/121373/400373/374177/19061/95χ2 = 8.8420.065χ2 = 5.0880.024
Age (years)67.9 ± 5.668.5 ± 6.468.6 ± 6.369.9 ± 7.472.2 ± 8.7F = 13.964<0.001F = 50.501<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)82.8 ± 11.085.8 ± 11.187.6 ± 11.888.7 ± 12.687.7 ± 12.0F = 12.520<0.001F = 29.735<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)22.5 ± 3.023.5 ± 3.324.3 ± 3.524.7 ± 3.724.8 ± 3.8F = 24.403<0.001F = 71.754<0.001
TC (mmol/L)5.4 ± 1.05.5 ± 1.05.6 ± 1.15.6 ± 0.95.6 ± 1.1F = 2.8840.021F = 8.648<0.001
TG (mmol/L)1.1 ± 1.11.2 ± 0.91.3 ± 1.01.3 ± 0.91.6 ± 2.3F = 7.202<0.001F = 24.462<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)2.4 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.7F = 1.2680.280F = 1.0830.298
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.9 ± 0.51.9 ± 0.51.9 ± 0.61.8 ± 0.61.9 ± 0.5F = 0.5390.707F = 0.5340.505
Smoke (yes/no)88/168242/525213/528107/26035/121χ2 = 8.1480.086χ2 = 6.3650.012
Drink (yes/no)50/211204/569245/512121/24639/117χ2 = 24.112<0.001χ2 = 4.8890.027
Healthy diet (yes/no)252/9740/33713/34353/14153/3χ2 = 2.6980.610χ2 = 0.8190.365
Physical exercise (yes/no)5/25621/75228/71912/3553/153χ2 = 3.3240.489χ2 = 0.0580.397
Comorbidity of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (yes/no)16/24546/72741/70617/3506/150χ2 = 1.8600.761χ2 = 1.8390.175
Comorbidity of diabetes (yes/no)32/22182/65693/64038/31120/127χ2 = 1.7480.782χ2 = 0.0430.813

Blood pressure classification: normal blood pressure with SBP<120 mmHg and DBP<80 mmHg, prehypertension with SBP 120–139 mmHg, and/or DBP 80–90 mmHg. Level 1 hypertension with SBP 140–159 mmHg and/or DBP 90–99 mmHg. Level 2 hypertension with SBP 160–179 mmHg and/or DBP 100–109 mmHg. Level 3 hypertension with SBP ≥ 180 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 110 mmHg. BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride. LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein. Method = BSTEP (COND) age gender waist circumference TC TG LDL-C HDL-C smoke drink. Healthy diet physical exercise comorbidity of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases comorbidity of diabetes.