Long-term trends and regional variations of hypertension incidence in China: a prospective cohort study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1991-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim is to explore the trends of hypertension incidence and regional variations in China from 1991 to 2015.

Design

A dynamic prospective cohort study.

Setting

China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2015.

Participants

12 952 Chinese adults aged 18+ years.

Primary outcome measures

Incident hypertension from 1993 to 2015.

Results

Age-standardised hypertension incidence increased from 40.8 per 1000 person-years (95% CI 38.3 to 43.4) between 1993 and 1997 to 48.6 (95% CI 46.1 to 51.0) between 2011 and 2015. The increasing trends were further supported by results from subsequent extended Cox proportional hazard model. In addition, results from the modelling analysis showed that individuals in eastern, central and northeastern China had grea

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812103 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature