A cross-sectional study
Abstract
Hypertension is highly in Colombia as previously reported in other Latin America countries. The low level of awareness, treatment and control is related with low educational level and rural communities. The sig- nificant regional differences in these factors, suggests the need to develop region-specific strategies to achieve the desired improvements in detection and control. Objective: Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution (TCMC) theory is widely applied in the practice of medical treatment for thousand years in China, which is identified as the treasure of Chinese civilization. TCMC determined the sus- ceptibility to certain disease and therapy effect, which can be divided into normal constitution and unbalanced ones. This study aims at investigating the distribution and the characteristic of TCMCs in adult Chinese resident in Changsha and the effects on susceptibility and therapy effect of hypertension. Design and method: The study used cross-sectional survey, collected all available information which including age, gender, occupation, alcohal/smoke intake, familiy history, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), TCMC and blood test in part respondents from community healthy registry system in Yuelu district, Changsha city. The association between independent factors and each TCMCs, as well as TCMCs and the prevalence and control rate were analysed. Prediction prevalence model of hypertension were established by Logistic analysis with TCMC and other factors. Results:…
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