Prevalence and influencing factors of hypertension in elderly rural residents of Anhui province

Objective To explore the prevalence of hypertension and its related factors in eldery residents in rural area of Anhui province and to provide policy implications for aging health.Methods Health examination and self-designed questionnaire survey were conducted in 751 rural residents aged 60 or above.Multiva riate logistic regression analysis was performed.Results The prevalence of hype rtension in rural elderly residents was 54.1%.Age,lifestyles such as high sugar-intake,high salt-intake,low vegetable-intake,BMI,ventro-obesity were influencing factors of hypertention among the residents(χ²=12.968,4.349,6.398,15.223,26.106,14.591).Multiva riable analysis showed that the prevalence of hypertension was strongly associated with BMI,age,the amount of vegetable in take daily,preserved foods,ventro-obesity.Conclusion The prevalence of hypertension in elderly residents of rural area is relatively high and associated with a lot of factors.The health education on healthy behavior and living habit would be help ful for hype rtention control in the residents.