Papathanasiou George, Zerva Efthimia, Zacharis Ioannis, Papandreou Maria, Papageorgiou Effie, Tzima Christina, Georgakopoulos Dimitris, Evangelou Angelos
Department of Physiotherapy, Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens, Greece.
Department of Physiotherapy, TEI of Athens, Greece.
Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2015 Feb 27;9:5-17. doi: 10.2174/1874192401509010005. eCollection 2015.
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between resting blood pressure (BP), smoking, physical activity (PA) and body mass index (BMI) in Greek young adults.
A standardised questionnaire and the Greek version of IPAQ-short were given to 1500 randomly selected health science students, in order to record smoking behaviour, PA status, BMI and resting BP. All healthy young adults aged 19-30 years old were eligible. The final size of the study cohort was 1249 students (522 men).
Males' BP was 129.2/77.0 mmHg, significantly higher than the females' values of 119.9/73.4 mmHg. Approximately 17% of the total population were classified as overweight and 3% as obese. In the overall population, smoking prevalence was 35.2%, with 15.3% being heavy smokers (≥21 cigs/d). Smoking prevalence did not differ significantly between sexes. The prevalence of health-enhancing PA (high PAclass) was only 14.0%, while 42.8% of the study population were classified as insufficiently active (low PAclass). Of the three lifestyle risk factors examined, only BMI was significantly and directly associated with systolic and diastolic BP levels. The prevalence of hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg) was significantly higher in men compared to women, and in obese and overweight participants compared to normal-weight subjects. Smoking and categorical PA (PAclass) were not correlated with BP. Continuous vigorous PAscore was significantly and directly associated with systolic BP, but only in males.
BMI was significantly and directly associated with resting BP in both sexes. Smoking prevalence and PA status were not associated with BP in this sample of Greek young adults.
本研究旨在探讨希腊年轻成年人静息血压（BP）、吸烟、身体活动（PA）和体重指数（BMI）之间的关联。
向1500名随机选取的健康科学专业学生发放标准化问卷和希腊语版IPAQ简表，以记录吸烟行为、PA状况、BMI和静息血压。所有年龄在19至30岁的健康年轻成年人符合条件。研究队列的最终规模为1249名学生（522名男性）。
男性血压为129.2/77.0 mmHg，显著高于女性的119.9/73.4 mmHg。约17%的总人口被归类为超重，3%为肥胖。在总体人群中，吸烟率为35.2%，其中15.3%为重度吸烟者（≥21支/天）。男女吸烟率无显著差异。促进健康的PA（高PA等级）患病率仅为14.0%，而42.8%的研究人群被归类为活动不足（低PA等级）。在所研究的三个生活方式风险因素中，只有BMI与收缩压和舒张压水平显著直接相关。高血压（≥140/90 mmHg）患病率在男性中显著高于女性，在肥胖和超重参与者中显著高于正常体重受试者。吸烟和分类PA（PA等级）与血压无关。持续剧烈PA得分与收缩压显著直接相关，但仅在男性中如此。
BMI在男女中均与静息血压显著直接相关。在这个希腊年轻成年人样本中，吸烟率和PA状况与血压无关。
