Relationship between the duration of smoking and blood pressure in Han and ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence for correlation between the cigarette use and blood pressure change remains ambiguous. This study modelled relationship between the duration of smoking and systolic blood pressure in a large national multi-ethnic cross-sectional survey in China.

Methods

Participants were selected through a multi-stage probability sampling procedure from 2012 to 2017. Former or current smokers were included in this study, whose smoking behaviour, blood pressure, and other demographic information were collected and measured through a face-to-face interview. Linear and non-linear relationships between the duration of smoking and systolic blood pressure were analysed and differences of the association between Han and minority populations were specially checked.

Results

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807505 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature