Department of Social Epidemiology and Health Policy, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Statistical Consultation Services, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 10;19(10):5802. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105802.
Hypertension is one of the crucial risk factors for morbidity and mortality around the world, and South Africa has a significant unmet need for hypertension care. This study aims to establish the potential risk factors of hypertension amongst adults in South Africa attributable to high systolic and diastolic blood pressure over time by fitting panel quantile regression models. Data obtained from the South African National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Household Surveys carried out from 2008 to 2018 (Wave 1 to Wave 5) was employed to develop both the fixed effects and random effects panel quantile regression models. Age, BMI, gender (males), race, exercises, cigarette consumption, and employment status were significantly associated with either one of the BP measures across all the upper quantiles or at the 75th quantile only. Suggesting that these risk factors have contributed to the exacerbation of uncontrolled hypertension prevalence over time in South Africa.
高血压是全球发病率和死亡率的关键危险因素之一，南非在高血压治疗方面存在巨大的未满足需求。本研究旨在通过拟合面板分位数回归模型，确定南非成年人高血压的潜在危险因素，这些危险因素可归因于收缩压和舒张压随时间升高。本研究使用了 2008 年至 2018 年（第 1 波至第 5 波）进行的南非国家收入动态研究（NIDS）家庭调查的数据，以开发固定效应和随机效应面板分位数回归模型。年龄、BMI、性别（男性）、种族、运动、吸烟和就业状况与所有上四分位数或仅第 75 分位数的一个或多个 BP 测量值显著相关。这表明这些危险因素导致了南非高血压患病率在一段时间内的失控加剧。
