Tanji J L, Arevalo J A, Paliescheskey M, Lee L, Alcalde O
Department of Family Practice, University of California, Davis.
J Am Board Fam Pract. 1994 Mar-Apr;7(2):105-9.
Little is known regarding the prevalence rate of hypertension among recent Southeast Asian refugees to the United States.
In this randomized, prospective study, four northern California counties with large Southeast Asian refugee populations were screened for the prevalence rates of hypertension and borderline hypertension. A population density method based upon 1988 census data was used to screen a representative sample of subjects from each county. Criteria for hypertension came from the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
In all, 964 subjects were screened. We found a prevalence rate of 4.8 percent for hypertension and 10.9 percent for borderline hypertension.
The relatively low prevalence rates of this disease can be explained by the youth of this refugee population, mean age 37.6 +/- 0.36 years, as the presence of hypertension increases with chronological age.
对于近期抵达美国的东南亚难民中高血压的患病率，人们了解甚少。
在这项随机前瞻性研究中，对加利福尼亚州北部有大量东南亚难民人口的四个县进行了高血压和临界高血压患病率筛查。基于1988年人口普查数据的人口密度方法被用于从每个县筛选具有代表性的受试者样本。高血压标准来自全国高血压检测、评估与治疗联合委员会。
总共筛查了964名受试者。我们发现高血压患病率为4.8%，临界高血压患病率为10.9%。
该疾病相对较低的患病率可以用这一难民群体的年轻化来解释，其平均年龄为37.6±0.36岁，因为高血压的患病率会随着实际年龄的增长而增加。
