Hypertension and its related factors in the health examination for cardiovascular disease with special reference to glucose intolerance

• Published in: Journal of the Japanese Association for Cerebro-cardiovascular Disease Control Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 57 - 64
• Main Author: Adachi, Hisashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Association for Cerebro-cardiovascular Disease Control 1993; 社団法人 日本循環器管理研究協議会
• Subjects: glucose intolerance; hemoglobin A1C; hypertension; related factors; ヘモグロビンA1C; 糖代謝異常; 関連要因; 高血圧
• ISSN: 0914-7284
• DOI: 10.11381/jjcdp1974.28.57

Factors related to hypertension were analysed for 761 male and 749 female subjects, not receiving antihypertensive treatment, aged 40 to 69 in 1989 in Tanushimaru. Factors related to hypertension were analysed by step-wise multiple logistic regression analysis. In males, drinking habit, age, and elevated glycosylated hemoglobin Aic (>6.0%) were shown to be significantly correlated with systolic blood pressure (≥160mmHg), while body mass index (≥25kg/m2) and hyperuricemia (≥7.0mg/ dl) were correlated with diastolic blood pressure (≥95mmHg). No significant relationships were observed in females, except for age and high glycosylated hemoglobin A1C. Glycosylated hemoglobin A1C had a high relative risk (R. R. : 2.37, 95%C. I : 1.30-4.29) for high systolic blood pressure over 160mmHg in males. In females, also, high glycosylated hemoglobin A1C had an elevated relative risk (R. R. : 2.94, 95%C. I : 1.36-6.35) for high systolic blood pressure over 160mmHg, and, in addition, had a high relative risk (R. R. : 3.12, 95% C. I : 1.22-7.97) for high diastolic blood pressure over 95mmHg. These results show that glucose intolerance is closely related to hypertension.