Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension and associated risk factors among Turkish adults: Trabzon Hypertension Study

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Erem C., Hacihasanoglu A., KOÇAK M., Deger O., TOPBAŞ M.

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.47-58, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn078
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-58
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: associated risk factors, awareness and control, hypertension, prehypertension, prevalence, Trabzon, Turkish population, BLOOD-PRESSURE, AWARENESS, POPULATION, OBESITY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETERMINANTS, HEALTH, CITY
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

To estimate the prevalence, awareness and control of prehypertension (preHT) and hypertension (HT) as defined by JNC-7 criteria in the Trabzon Region and its associations with demographic factors (age, sex, obesity, marital status, reproductive history in women and level of education), socioeconomic factors (household income and occupation), family history of selected medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular disease), lifestyle factors (smoking habits, physical activity and alcohol consumption) in the adult population.