Elderly in Beijing and the dietary status of hypertension prevalence.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Elderly in Beijing and the dietary status of hypertension prevalence Of: Yanmei Ma Xuedong Liang Limei [Abstract] Objective To understand the prevalence of elderly patients with hypertension in Beijing and food situation in order to strengthen prevention and control of hypertension. Methods of Beijing questionnaire survey of 60 643 elderly people over the age of the prevalence of hypertension and 3 d dietary intake into the situation. Results elderly have a higher prevalence of hypertension, incidence of hypertension increases with age, the prevalence of the same age group of women was significantly higher than men (P lt;0.01); risk of overweight persons with hypertension were non-weight overweight, 3.2 times; and reasonable diet, and Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) comparison, fat intake is too high, insufficient intake of protein and carbohydrate; and energy and protein of Adult Reference Intakes (RNIS) compared with calcium, iron, vitamin B1, B2, C and so obviously inadequate intake, high sodium intake. Conclusion enhance nutrition education for the elderly group, the implementation of a reasonable diet for the prevention and control of hypertension the development is beneficial. [Keywords:] hypertension; morbidity; nutrients; dietary status Western developed countries, the prevalence of hypertension and more than 20%. China is low, but increasing trend in recent 20 years, in 2002 the fourth national nutrition survey showed that (1), hypertension prevalence rate was 18.8% higher than 1992 11.26% of survey was significantly higher. Food Nutrition and hypertension are closely related (2,3). The survey aims to understand the prevalence of hypertension in elderly residents of Beijing and its dietary intake. 1 Materials and methods 1.1 The survey in the Beijing Dongcheng District 3 communities randomly selected 643 people aged over 60, male 304, female 339. 1.2 Survey method and content of the investigating officers af