印度已婚夫妇中高血压的关联:全国代表性的横截面研究
Jithin Sam Varghese1,2, Arpita Ghosh3, Aryeh D Stein4
1Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. jvargh7@emory.edu.
Scientific reports
|May 6, 2024
概括
配偶高血压与个人自身的高血压风险有关,无论其他因素如何. 这凸显了在高血压预防和治疗策略中考虑夫妇的重要性.
科学领域:
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 亲密伴侣往往有类似的慢性疾病风险因素.
- 在不同的人口群体中,高血压的患病率有很大差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查配偶高血压与个人高血压状态之间的联系.
- 为了确定这种关联是否独立于已知的风险因素而持续存在.
- 分析各种社会人口统计学子组之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 利用来自国家家庭健康调查-V (2019-2021) 的异性恋已婚夫妇 (n=50,023) 的数据.
- 定义的高血压基于自我报告的诊断或血压测量 (≥140/90 mmHg).
- 使用调整的流行率 (PR) 来评估相关性,按年龄,性别,财富五分位数和种姓内婚分层.
主要成果:
- 高血压的患病率在男性中为29.1%,在女性中为20.6%.
- 8.4%的夫妻双方都有高血压.
- 如果他们的配偶也患有高血压 (丈夫:PR 1.37;妻子:PR 1.32),即使对已知的危险因素进行调整后,个人也更有可能患高血压.
- 这种关联在所有检查的社会人口统计学子组中保持一致.
结论:
- 配偶高血压是个人的高血压状况的一个重要独立风险因素.
- 研究结果表明,已婚夫妇可以被视为高血压诊断和治疗的单位.
- 对高血压的公共卫生干预可以从以夫妇为中心的方法中受益.
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