Association of socioeconomic status with hypertension prevalence and control in Nanjing: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC public health 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.423-423, Article 423
• Main Authors: Qin, Zhenzhen, Li, Chao, Qi, Shengxiang, Zhou, Hairong, Wu, Jie, Wang, Weiwei, Ye, Qing, Yang, Huafeng, Wang, Chenchen, Hong, Xin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Analysis; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Antihypertensive drugs; Blood Pressure; Care and treatment; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cross-sectional Study; Diagnosis; Dosage and administration; Health aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension Control; Hypertension Prevalence; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk factors; Social Class; Social classes; Socioeconomic Status
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12799-5

The role of socioeconomic status (SES) on hypertension prevalence and hypertension control has gotten much attention but with conflicting results. This paper aimed to quantify the association of SES with both hypertension prevalence and hypertension control rate in Nanjing, China. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using multistage random sampling on 60,283 adults aged more than 18 years between March 2017 and June 2018. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg or self-reported diagnosis of hypertension or respondent's report of taking antihypertensive medications. The controlled hypertension was defined by systolic BP