在多民族人口中的粮食不安全和血压
Claire Townsend Ing1, Brettany Clemens2, Hyeong Jun Ahn3
1Department of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, 677 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
概括
粮食不安全直接增加了缩血压,即使考虑到饮食和BMI. 解决粮食不安全问题可能有助于降低高血压,特别是在夏威夷土著人口中.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
背景情况:
- 粮食不安全是健康的社会决定因素,与高血压有关.
- 原住民夏威夷人经历高血压和相关风险因素的高负担.
- 粮食不安全对该人口血压的独立影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究粮食不安全和金融不稳定对血压的相对影响.
- 为了控制社会人口统计学,生活方式和生物风险因素.
- 检查这些关系在一个多民族样本,包括原住民夏威夷人.
主要方法:
- 从儿童健康生活卓越中心研究中招募了124名参与者.
- 收集生物识别数据 (血压,体重,身高) 和关于人口统计,饮食,体力活动和心理社会因素的自我报告信息.
- 利用等级线性回归来分析粮食不安全,金融不稳定和缩血压之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 粮食不安全,女性性别和体重指数 (BMI) 独立地与血压增加有关.
- 最终的模型,包括粮食不安全和金融不稳定,解释了缩血压变异的37%.
- 在对其他变量进行控制后,粮食不安全和静缩血压之间的关联仍然显著.
结论:
- 粮食不安全是导致心血压升高的重要,独立的危险因素.
- 旨在减少粮食不安全的干预措施对高血压管理至关重要,特别是在像夏威夷原住民这样的高风险群体中.
- 这些发现强调了解决健康的社会决定因素的重要性,以改善心血管疾病的结果.
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