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31 March 2022: Database Analysis

Blood Pressure Trajectory and Its Influencing Factors in Chinese Adults: A Cohort Study with Long-Term Follow-Up

Chaoyong Yao ABCDEF* , Zhibao Wei BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934886

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934886

Table 3 Comparison of systolic blood pressure trajectory groups.

VariablesTotal (n=749)Group 1 (n=267)Group 2 (n=375)Group 3 (n=107)StatisticP
Age (years), n (%)χ=42.131
188 (25.10)87 (32.58)89 (23.73)12 (11.21)
 30–39371 (49.53)134 (50.19)192 (51.20)45 (42.06)
 ≥40190 (25.37)46 (17.23)94 (25.07)50 (46.73)
Gender, n (%)χ=18.860
 Male275 (36.72)71 (26.59)162 (43.20)42 (39.25)
 Female474 (63.28)196 (73.41)213 (56.80)65 (60.75)
BMI (kg/m), n (%)χ=17.637
 Non-overweight-obesity (653 (87.18)247 (92.51)324 (86.40)82 (76.64)
 Overweight-obesity (≥24.0)96 (12.82)20 (7.49)51 (13.60)25 (23.36)
Waist-hip ratio, n (%)χ=0.6690.716
 Normal (male591 (78.91)215 (80.52)293 (78.13)83 (77.57)
 Central obesity (male ≥0.9, female ≥0.85)158 (21.09)52 (19.48)82 (21.87)24 (22.43)
Education level, n (%)χ=4.9540.550
 Illiteracy304 (40.59)111 (41.57)148 (39.47)45 (42.06)
 Primary school198 (26.44)59 (22.10)108 (28.80)31 (28.97)
 Middle school175 (23.36)70 (26.22)83 (22.13)22 (20.56)
 High school or above72 (9.61)27 (10.11)36 (9.60)9 (8.41)
Smoking, n (%)χ=0.7120.701
 No544 (72.63)189 (70.79)276 (73.60)79 (73.83)
 Yes205 (27.37)78 (29.21)99 (26.40)28 (26.17)
Alcohol consumption, n (%)χ=6.2500.044
 No546 (72.90)208 (77.90)267 (71.20)71 (66.36)
 Yes203 (27.10)59 (22.10)108 (28.80)36 (33.64)
Region, n (%)χ=37.698
 East298 (39.79)77 (28.84)167 (44.53)54 (50.47)
 Center328 (43.79)121 (45.32)161 (42.93)46 (42.99)
 West123 (16.42)69 (25.84)47 (12.53)7 (6.54)
Type of residence, n (%)χ=2.3560.308
 Rural149 (19.89)49 (18.35)73 (19.47)27 (25.23)
 Urban600 (80.11)218 (81.65)302 (80.53)80 (74.77)
BMI – body mass index; Group 1 – low initial BP and slight rise; Group 2 – low initial BP and moderate rise; Group 3 – high initial BP and high rise.

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