Abstract:
Objective To determine the salt intake and hypertension prevalence in adult population dietary survey participants in Henan province. Methods From October 2015 to June 2016, residents over 18 years old from 1 556 households located at 14 monitoring sites of Henan Province in China Adult Chronic Diseases and Nutrition Monitoring were investigated. Basic information was obtained with a unified questionnaire, a 3-day 24-hour dietary survey was used to obtain the participates’ salt intake, and medical examination was carried out to obtain the blood pressure data. The results were statistically analyzed by a descriptive epidemiological analysis method. Direct standardization method was used to calculate the standardized prevalence of hypertension. The relationship between hypertension and age, gender, educational level, and other factors was analyzed by multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis. Results A total of 3 259 participants were enrolled. The prevalence of hypertension in Henan province dietary population in 2015 was 47.2%(1 539/3 259) and the age-standardized prevalence was 33.2%. Elder, lower educational level and overweight/obesity people were more sensitive to hypertension. For hypertension subjects, the median salt intaking was 9.8(5.9-14.4)g/d, proportion over recommended salt intake amount(<6 g/d) was 74.1%. The median salt intaking 10.7(6.5-15.4) vs 9.3(5.4-13.7)g/d and proportion(77.5% vs 71.0%) over recommended salt intake amount were higher in men than in women. Among all age groups, the 50-<65 age group had the highest median salt intake and the highest proportion of over recommended salt intake. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender(OR=1.202, 95% CI 1.033-1.398), age(OR=4.605,95% CI 3.888-5.453) and BMI(OR=2.322,95% CI 1.986-2.715) were risk factors for hypertension. Conclusions The standardized hypertension prevalence in Henan province dietary population in 2015 is 33.2%, which is closely related to gender, age, education level, marital status and obesity. The median salt intaking is 9.8(5.9-14.4) g/d.