Multistate Markov model application for blood pressure transition among the Chinese elderly population: a quantitative longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the transitions of different blood pressure states based on a multistate Markov model among the Chinese elderly population.

Setting

A community health centre in Xiamen, China.

Participants

1833 elderly Chinese people.

Methods

A multistate Markov model was built based on 5001 blood pressure measurements from 2015 to 2020. Research was conducted to explore the process of hypertension progression, providing information on the transition probability, HR and the mean sojourn time in three blood pressure states, namely normal state, elevated state and hypertensive state.

Results

Probabilities of moving from the normal state to the hypertensive state in the first year were 16.97% (female) and 21.73% (male); they increased dramatically to 47

SUBMITTER: Zheng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature