Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among Chinese working population: results of a workplace-based study

We investigated the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and the related risk factors among Chinese working population. From 2012 to 2013, a total of 37,856 employees aged 18 to 60 years from 61 workplaces were sampled. Standard questionnaire surveys and physical examinations were undertaken. Multilevel logistic regression models were performed to identify the risk factors. Overall, the age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 23.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 22.9%-23.7%].

Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - February 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yang Shen, Xin Wang, Zengwu Wang, Linfeng Zhang, Zuo Chen, Manlu Zhu, Chun Chang, Runlin Gao, China Hypertension Survey Group: The Standardized Management of Hypertensive Employees Project Tags: Research Article Source Type: research