Hypertension and selected indicators of health assessment in a population of 19-year-old men subject to military qualifications

Assessment the prevalence of hypertension and its relation to selected indicators of health status and performance, including classification of BMI, obesity classifications, and body structure in a large test group of 19-year-old men.The study was observational-retrospective, and included a group of...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2020-05, Vol.99 (22), p.e20398-e20398
Main Authors: Chmiel, Zdzisława, Żal, Marcin, Więch, Paweł, Bazaliński, Dariusz, Sałacińska, Izabela, Bartusik-Aebisher, Dorota, Binkowska-Bury, Monika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body Mass Index
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Hypertension - diagnosis
Hypertension - epidemiology
Male
Military Medicine - methods
Military Medicine - standards
Military Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight - diagnosis
Overweight - epidemiology
Poland - epidemiology
Respiratory Insufficiency - diagnosis
Respiratory Insufficiency - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Thinness - diagnosis
Thinness - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Assessment the prevalence of hypertension and its relation to selected indicators of health status and performance, including classification of BMI, obesity classifications, and body structure in a large test group of 19-year-old men.The study was observational-retrospective, and included a group of 17,282 men, aged 19, from the Małopolska region. All subjects met the qualifications for compulsory military service in 2017. We analyzed selected data obtained from the records of the Ministry of National Defense-spiral-ZINT. Data collection and analysis were carried out from April 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018.Hypertension was found at 0.6%, weak body structure at 0.8% and obesityco-existing with cardiorespiratory insufficiency has been reported 2.6% of respondents and it was more frequent in the recruiters from HT II than I. The underweight concerned almost 7%, and the overweight and obesity of 1/4 of conscripts. The vast majority of people with hypertension were characterized by excessive body weight (74.8%), mainly overweight.Hypertension was seen in a negligible percentage of males studied and was significantly associated with an increase in BMI, particularly with regards to being overweight.
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000020398