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• TITLE: Associations of Education with Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients: A Chinese Community Survey

  AUTHORS: Xiaojun Chen, Xuerui Tan

  KEYWORDS: Education; Blood Pressure; Hypertension; Survey

  JOURNAL NAME: Chinese Medicine, Vol.4 No.3, September 24, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To examine the association between education and blood pressure in hypertensive Chinese. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the health care center of a university affiliated hospital in 2008 to enroll 502 mild to moderate essential hypertensive patients. All participants completed a questionnaire addressing their sociodemographic information before they were given a routine physical check-up. Results: The baseline blood pressure was 151.87/95.76 mmHg for 277 females and 149.80/97.74 mmHg for 225 males. Only few women reported smoke (4%, n = 11) or drink alcohol (6.9%, n = 19). Over half of men smoke and drink (63.2% and 52.9% respectively). Alcohol consumption was found different among educational attainment groups in males. Correlation analyses demonstrated that education was inversely related to systolic blood pressure in female hypertensives. Conclusion: Education is associated with blood pressure in females.