Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Eur J Intern Med. 2012 Dec;23(8):e179-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.08.015. Epub 2012 Sep 13.
Hypertension risk in local areas may vary from national estimates; however, the data on the prevalence of hypertension in some local areas are limited. We investigate the trend in the prevalence of hypertension in Louisiana from 2000 to 2009.
We conducted a retrospective study among the subjects aged ≥ 20 years who received medical care from the Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division (LSUHCSD) hospital system during 2000-2009. Hypertensive cases were identified by using ICD-9 codes. The annual hypertension prevalence was calculated as the number of unique hypertensive individuals during the year divided by the number of unique individuals visiting the LSUHCSD hospital during the year.
The age-standardized prevalence of hypertension in LSUHCSD hospital patients aged ≥ 20 years increased by 49.4% during 2000-2009, from 24.1% in 2000 to 36.0% in 2009. The rise in age-standardized prevalence of hypertension from 2000 to 2009 occurred in both men (from 20.1% to 32.8%) and women (from 26.8 % to 38.3%), and in White (from 20.1% to 33.0%), African (from 27.4% to 37.6%) and other race Americans (from 14.9% to 22.3%). The age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was higher in women than in men, and higher in African Americans than in White and other race Americans.
The annual prevalence of hypertension has dramatically increased from 2000 to 2009 in both men and women and in all races of the population served by the LSUHCSD hospitals.
局部地区的高血压风险可能与全国估计值有所不同；然而，某些局部地区高血压患病率的数据有限。我们调查了路易斯安那州 2000 年至 2009 年高血压患病率的趋势。
我们对 2000 年至 2009 年期间在路易斯安那州立大学卫生保健服务部（LSUHCSD）医院系统接受医疗服务的年龄≥20 岁的患者进行了回顾性研究。高血压病例通过使用 ICD-9 代码来确定。当年高血压的患病率按当年患有高血压的独特个体数除以当年到 LSUHCSD 医院就诊的独特个体数计算。
2000 年至 2009 年，LSUHCSD 医院≥20 岁患者的高血压标准化患病率增加了 49.4%，从 2000 年的 24.1%上升到 2009 年的 36.0%。2000 年至 2009 年，高血压标准化患病率的上升发生在男性（从 20.1%上升到 32.8%）和女性（从 26.8%上升到 38.3%），以及白种人（从 20.1%上升到 33.0%）、非裔美国人（从 27.4%上升到 37.6%）和其他种族美国人（从 14.9%上升到 22.3%）。女性的高血压标准化患病率高于男性，非裔美国人的高血压标准化患病率高于白种人和其他种族的美国人。
LSUHCSD 医院服务人群中，男性和女性以及所有种族的高血压年患病率从 2000 年到 2009 年都显著增加。
