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The association between smoking and hypertension in a population-based sample of Vietnamese men
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Au, BT and Blizzard, L and Schmidt, MD and Pham, HL and Granger, RH and Dwyer, T, The association between smoking and hypertension in a population-based sample of Vietnamese men, Journal of Hypertension, 28, (2) pp. 245-50. ISSN 0263-6352 (2010) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833310e0
Abstract
Objective The association between tobacco smoking and
blood pressure in epidemiological studies remains unclear
despite experimental evidence that smoking elevates blood
pressure. This study examined the association between
smoking and hypertension in a population-based sample of
Vietnamese men.
Methods The study utilized a population-based sample of
men (nU910) from a survey of risk factors of
noncommunicable diseases in Vietnam. Measurements
including behavioural risk factors, body composition, and
blood pressure were performed according to internationally
standardized protocols. Poisson regression was used to
obtain prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
All analyses were performed using complex surveymethods.
Results There were significant trends of increasing
prevalence of hypertension with increasing years (PU0.05)
and pack-years (PU0.03) of smoking after adjusting for
age, BMI, and alcohol intake. Relative to never-smokers, the
risk of hypertension for those who had smoked for 30 years
or more and those who had smoked 20 pack-years or more
were 1.52 (95% CI 0.952.44) and 1.34 (95% CI 0.941.91),
respectively. Overall, however, current smokers were not at
higher risk of hypertension than never-smokers (prevalence
ratioU1.08, 95% CI 0.701.68), and ex-smokers were more
likely to be hypertensive than either never-smokers
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | doseresponse relationship, hypertension, risk factors, smoking |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Au, BT (Dr Thuy Au) |
| UTAS Author: | Blizzard, L (Professor Leigh Blizzard) |
| UTAS Author: | Schmidt, MD (Dr Michael Schmidt) |
| ID Code: | 62225 |
| Year Published: | 2010 (online first 2009) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 49 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2010-03-10 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-05-25 |
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