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[Investigation on chronic disease-related lifestyle and behavior in adults in Chengdu]
Lin Wang1, Ping Shuai2, Yuping Liu1
1Medical Sciences Academy of Sichuan Province Health Management Center of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, China.
Objective:
To investigate the chronic disease related lifestyle and behavior in adults in Chengdu.
Methods:
8 324 residents (more than 18 years old) were investigated through random selection and stratified multi-stage cluster sampling method in Chengdu. Distributions on chronic diseases and relevant factors between chronic diseases and lifestyle/behavior were analyzed.
Results:
1 329 cases were suffered from chronic diseases, with prevalence rate as 16.0%. Smoking, passive smoking, irregular diet, intake smoked or pickled food, hardcore diet and lack of physical exercises were factors significantly related to the prevalence rates on chronic diseases (P < 0.05). Irregular diet, intake smoked and pickled food, hardcore diet and lack of physical exercise belonged to independent risk factors for chronic diseases in adults (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The overall prevalence rate of chronic disease was high in adults in Chengdu. The related risk factors were closely related to lifestyle or behavior of the population that called for the development of programs on healthy life style and good habits.
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