Objective To examine the correlation between diet behavior and hypertension among employees of enterprises and public institutions and to provide evidences for the prevention and control of hypertension.
Methods We carried out a questionnaire survey among 13 991 employees (aged 18 – 60 years) recruited with random cluster sampling in 6 enterprises and public institutions in Beijing city from January 2014 to December 2015.
Results The proportions of the participants reporting following major dietary behaviors were 72.5% for half meat and half vegetable diet, 65.0% for taking wheat flour and rice as the main staple diet, 49.3% for eating fast, 60.8% for having neither salty nor bland food, 43.8% for drinking milk less than once a week, and 85.7% for having breakfast 6 – 7 times per week, respectively. The prevalence of hypertension was 13.1% among the participants. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that eating fast, preference for salty food, and drinking milk more than 6 times a week were risk factors; while, female gender, having breakfast 2 – 5 times per week were protective factors against hypertension.
Conclusion Dietary behaviors as eating pace, food preference, frequencies of drinking milk and having breakfast can affect hypertension prevalence among employees of enterprises and public institutions in Beijing city.
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