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中国における高血圧による早死:前向きなコホート研究
Jiang He1, Dongfeng Gu, Jing Chen
1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. jhe@tulane.edu
Lancet (London, England)
|October 9, 2009
まとめ
血圧上昇は,中国における早死の主な原因であり,毎年何百万もの心血管疾患による死亡に寄与しています. 公衆衛生の取り組みは,高血圧の予防と制御を優先しなければなりません.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 心血管疾患に関する研究
背景:
- 高血圧は,高罹患率と心血管疾患との関連性により,世界的な健康上の大きな課題となっています.
- 中国における高血圧による早死率の推定は,公衆衛生計画において極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 中国における高血圧による早死者の数を推定する.
- 中国成人集団における高血圧と高血圧前高血圧の死亡率への影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 展望的なコホート研究では,40歳以上の中国人成人の169,871人が参加しました.
- 血圧と危険因子に関するデータは1991年と1999-2000年に収集されました.
- 早期死亡は2005年の平均寿命に基づいて定義され,人口によるリスクが計算に使用されました.
主要な成果:
- 高血圧と前高血圧は,全因および心血管疾患による死亡率の増加と有意に関連しています.
- 2005年,高血圧は,中国で推定233万人の心臓血管疾患による死亡に寄与した.
- 脳血管疾患は,血圧に関連する死亡者の大半を占め,その中には108万人の早期死亡者が含まれていた.
結論:
- 高血圧は,中国で早期死亡の主な予防可能な危険因子として特定されています.
- 高血圧の予防と制御を優先することは,中国の公衆衛生にとって不可欠です.
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