title: The relations of abnormal pulse pressure to the cardiovascular risk factors and the cardiac function in adults from Hebei, Zhejiang, and Guangxi province of China.
abstract: To explore the correlations of abnormal pulse pressure (PP) with the cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac functions by analyzing the distributions of abnormal PP in Han adults aged 18-74 years in Hebei, Zhejiang, and Guangxi province to provide evidence for health management. A cross-sectional study was carried out in three provinces of China. Multi-phase, stratified, unequal proportional and cluster sampling was adopted to investigate the data obtained from 12,795 Han adults aged 18-74 years. The prevalence of cases with abnormal PP in the three provinces was 6.7 %. Abnormal PP was significantly associated with a number of cardiovascular risk factors including location, age, gender, and education (P < 0.05). Results from multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that abnormal PP was positively associated with age and BMI. Compared with the normal subjects, there was a statistically significant difference in the mean of high-normal blood pressure, IFG divided by gender and LCW (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the mean of high-normal TC, TG, and LDL-C and low-normal HDL-C (P > 0.05). Age has also been found to be a statistically significant factor (P < 0.05). Abnormal PP was common in Chinese Han adults aged 18-74 years, which was independently associated with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac functions. Health management for Han adults with abnormal PP was strongly suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshedong Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, China, drzhengmingjiang@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhengming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Haiqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids