title: [Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among community residents in Qiqihar].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence and potential risk factors of hypertension among community residents aged 18 years old and over in Qiqihar in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  5850 subjects aged ≥ 18 years old in three communities in Qiqihar were selected by random cluster sampling. The demographic information, personal health condition, living habits and the prevalence of hypertension using unified design questionnaire were surveyed. The height, weight, waist and hip circumference, and blood pressure levels were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of hypertension was 26.56% among the survey, population while the standardized prevalence was 22.19%. Comparing with different demographic characteristics, physique and behavioral lifestyle, the age, gender, education, marital status, family history, BMI, WHR, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, and taste affected the occurrence of hypertension, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). After univariate logistic regression analysis, age, family history, BMI and alcohol consumption were related with hypertension (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of hypertension among community residents aged ≥ 18 years old in Qiqihar is high.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities / Q000453:epidemiology; D015444:Exercise; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult