Tuyển tập báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học trường đại học huế đề tài: nghiên cứu về tình hình tăng huyết áp Tại thị xã Đông Hà, tỉnh Quảng Trị năm 2008. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Hue University N0 61 2010 STUDY OF THE HYPERTENSION SITUATION AT DONGHA TOWN QUANGTRI PROVINCE IN 2008 Le Thi Thu Trang Tran Kim Phung Quang Tri Health Service SUMMARY Hypertension has been a leading risk factor of cardiovascular disease CDV and a main cause of deaths from heart complications as well. The prevalence rate of hypertension has been increasing throughout the world over and also in Vietnam yet no research into this issue has ever been carried out in Quangtri. An investigation named A Study of the hypertension situation at Dongha town Quangtri in 2008 was conducted study aimed to investigate the rate of hypertension in Dongha Quangtri and explore the relationship between hypertension and several CVD risk factors in Dongha Quangtri. Study design A cross-sectional investigation and analysis. Subjects 461 men and women aged 25 years residing at Dongha Quang Tri. Methods All enrolled participants underwent measurements of height weight waist and BMI calculation blood pressure and were quantitatively tested for a fasting venous blood glucose in the morning and lipid components. Evaluations were based on criteria issued by the WHO NCEP ATPIII and the Vietnam national heart association. Results The hypertension rate was and increased with age the age groups of 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 and 65 accounted for and respectively. Risk factors related to hypertension included overweight OR android obesity OR dyslipidemia of at least one lipid component OR hypercholesterolemia OR elevated plasma LDL-C OR and hypertriglyceridemia OR . Diabetes mellitus fasting glucose intolerance FGI and general raised blood glucose BG were all evidently correlated to hypertension. The rate of hypertension in those who had elevated levels of BG with BG l was 41 107 those who were diabetic being 23 56 41 and those who suffered from FGI being 18 41 . Conclusions the high rate of
