Prevalence of early morning hypertension in community elderly population
10.3969/j.issn.1009-0126.2015.09.011
- VernacularTitle:社区老年人群清晨高血压患病现况调查
- Author:
Qiaoqiao JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hypertension;
prevalence;
physical examination;
blood pressure monitoring,ambulato-ry;
health education
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatric Heart Brain and Vessel Diseases
2015;(9):933-935
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence of early morning hypertension in elderly popu‐lation .Methods A total of 5569 elderly early morning hypertension patients with their age ≥60 years were divided into hypertension group (n= 2572) and non‐hypertension group (n= 2997) . The patients in hypertension group were divided into 60 -69 years old group ,70 -79 years old group ,and ≥80 years old group while those in non‐hypertension group were also divided into 60-69 years old group ,70-79 years old group ,and ≥80 years old group .The prevalence of ear‐ly morning hypertension and its distribution characteristics were analyzed in the elderly patients . Results The prevalence of early morning hypertension was 33 .0% in the 5569 elderly patients . The systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher in female early morning hypertension patiens than in male early morning hypertension patients and the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension was higher in male patients than in female patients of hyperten‐sion group .The prevatence of early morning hypertension wea significantly higher in female pa‐tients than in male patients (P=0 .000)and the prevalence of early morning hypertension was sig‐nificantly higher in 60-69 years old female patients than in 60 -69 years old male patients and in ≥ 80 years old male patients than in ≥80 years old female patients of non‐hypertension group (P=0 .000 ,P= 0 .001) .Conclusion Routine blood pressure measurement in the morning is a most effective and simple method to measure early morning hypertension .Elderly females should thus pay more attention to their early morning hypertension .
