Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

Body mass index and hypertension hemodynamic subtypes in Yi farmers and migrants (Article)

Shan G.L. , Wei D.Y. , Wang C.X. , Zhang J.H. , Wang B. , Ma M.J. , Pan L. , Yu T. , Xue F. , Wang P. , Wu Z.L.*
  • a Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
  • b Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xichang 615000, Sichuan, China
  • c Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China
  • d Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xichang 615000, Sichuan, China
  • e Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
  • f Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xichang 615000, Sichuan, China
  • g Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
  • h Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xichang 615000, Sichuan, China
  • i Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China
  • j Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xichang 615000, Sichuan, China
  • k Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China

Abstract

Objective: To examine the relationship between overweight or obesity and the risk of the various hypertension hemodynamic subtypes in Yi farmers and migrants. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 2 358 Yi farmers and 1 392 Yi migrants was carried out in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan, China in 2007. Results: The standardized prevalence of overweight in female Yi farmers (6.22) was higher than in males (3.15), whereas in Yi migrants 31.56 of males and 18.78 of females were overweight. The standardized prevalence of obesity was 0 and 0.61 in male and female Yi farmers, compared to 3.91 and 5.57 in male and female Yi migrants, respectively. For both genders the standardized prevalence of ISH, IDH, and SDH was higher in Yi migrants than Yi farmers. Overweight and obese Yi men and women had a higher risk for IDH and SDH (P<0.001) than non-overweight/obese individuals. However, an association of overweight or obesity with ISH was observed only in men. Conclusion: Yi migrants have substantially higher proportion of overweight and obese individuals, as well as individuals affected by ISH, IDH, and SDH, than do Yi farmers. Overweight and obesity are significant risk factors for the development of hypertension in Yi people. © 2012 The Editorial Board of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences.

Author Keywords

China Obesity Ethnic Yi Body mass index (BMI) Hypertension migrant overweight

Index Keywords

China Diastole Systole human middle aged Overweight obesity hypertension Aged ethnology Young Adult Humans Adolescent male female Article adult body mass Body Mass Index hemodynamics pathophysiology
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84863350105&doi=10.3967%2f0895-3988.2012.01.008&partnerID=40&md5=288701c870baa3e2b1cc79ebc018c5fa
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2012.01.008
ISSN: 08953988
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English