Objective: To investigate the impact of improved AHA cardiovascular health behavior score (CHS) on short-time systemic blood pressure variability (SBPV) in elder population.
Methods: A total of 2464 participants ≥ 60 years from 3 hospitals of Kailuan area were taken for cohort study. The participants had no cardiovascular disease, not taking anti-psychotic drug, Parkinson treatment drug, anti-depression drug and analgesic drug within 2 weeks. All participants received 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and the 24-hour, day-time, night-time SBPV were deifned by the standard deviation of 24-hour, day-time, night-time systolic blood pressure. The influence of CHS on SBPV was studied by multi-linear regression analysis. Improved cardiovascular health behavior and factors implied as changing the vegetable intake amount to salt amount by American Humane Association, 2010; boundary of BMI based on《Guidelines for prevention of overweight and obesity in Chinese adults》; status of exercise was deifed as the ideal status: ≥80 min/week, general status: < 80 min/week and bad status: no exercise.
Results: Finally, 1812 participants were recruited for survey and they were divided into 3 groups according to improved CHS: Group①, CHS (0-4) points,n=56, Group②, CHS (5-9) pointsn=1600 and Group③, CHS (10-14) points,n=156. The 24-hour SBPV in Groups①,②and③were 16.02 mmHg, 14.91 mmHg and 13.18 mmHg; day-time SBPV were 15.42 mmHg, 14.50 mmHg and 13.22 mmHg; night-time SBPV were 12.68 mmHg, 11.44 mmHg and 10.16 mmHg, allP<0.05. Multi-linear regression analysis indicated that with adjusted confounding factors, with 1 point of CHS elevation, the 24 hour-, day-time, night-time SBPV would reduce for 0.20 mmHg, 0.19 mmHg and 0.37 mmHg respectively, allP<0.05.
Conclusion: CHS was negatively related to short-time SBPV in elder population.

Objective To investigate the effects of different dietary patterns on brachial ankle pulse wave velocity in northern industrial cities. Methods According to the selection criteria,from 2014 to 2015, 22436 health checkup persons were selected as the subjects of Kailuan Group,they were followed up with health examination and questionnaire investigation, at the same time, the brachial ankle pulse wave velocity was detected. According to the dietary advice given by the Chinese dietary guidelines,the proportion of animal and plant food in the food frequency questionnaire and the supply of nutrients are divided into 4 groups,which are the traditional Chinese diet group (3 585 cases),the Western diet group (13 639 cases),the balanced diet group (1 309 cases),the Mediterranean diet group (3 903 cases). Logistic multivariate regression analysis was used to analyze he risk factors of atherosclerosis. Results The mean value of brachial ankle pulse wave velocity in 22 436 cases was ( 1 462. 46 ± 320. 69) cm/s, and the incidence of peripheral arteriosclerosis was 50. 78%(11 392/22 436). The incidence of arteriosclerosis around the balanced diet group, the Mediterranean diet group,the traditional Chinese diet group and the Western diet group were 48. 82%( 639/1 309), 49. 12%(1 917/3 903),50. 49%(1 810/3 585),51. 51%(7 026/13 639),and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (P＝0. 024); after adjusting other related risk factors,compared with the balanced diet group,the risk of peripheral arteriosclerosis in the Mediterranean diet group,the traditional diet group and the Western diet group was 121(95%CI:0. 557～2. 258),1. 015(95%CI:0. 663～1. 554),1. 033(95%CI:0. 677～1. 575), respectively. Conclusion The incidence of peripheral arteriosclerosis increased gradually in the balanced diet group,the Mediterranean diet group,the Chinese traditional diet group and the Western diet group, but there was no statistical significance in the risk of peripheral arteriosclerosis after adjusting other related risk factors. This Conclusion requires more large samples,long-term follow-up study to further confirm.

OBJECTIVETo compare the prevalence of hypertension between low birth weight infant (LBWI) women and non-LBWI women.

METHODSA retrospective cohort study was applied and 3 172 pregnant women giving births during October 1976 to December 2008 in our hospital and underwent physical check-up between 2010 and 2011 at the Kailuan medical group were included and divided into LBWI group and non-LBWI group by the history of LBWI. Prevalence of hypertension was obtained during the follow-up program. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relative risk of hypertension.

RESULTSA total number of 3 172 women, with an average age of 42.3 years old were divided into LBWI group (n = 147) and non-LBWI group (n = 3 025), with the average birth weights of their infants were 2.31 kg and 3.39 kg, respectively. The prevalence of hypertension from the follow-up program was significantly higher in LBWI group than that in the non-LBWI group (23.8% vs. 16.9%, P < 0.05). After adjustment for other traditional risk factors, the risk of hypertension in LBWI group was 1.60 (95%CI:1.02-2.53) folds higher than that in the non-LBWI group.

CONCLUSIONPrevalence of hypertension in women with LBWI was higher than that in those women without LBWI. History of LBWI seemed to have had an increased risk to develop hypertension.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; epidemiology ; Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Logistic Models ; Postpartum Period ; Pregnancy ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Young Adult