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Hypertension and Smoking Decreasing Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes
Hypertension and Smoking Decreasing Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes -- Posted by Gumbo on 11-30-04 16:25
Hypertension and Smoking Decreasing Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1971-2000,
indicated that hypertension and smoking are decreasing among U.S. adults
with diabetes.
According to a study from the United States, "Among U.S. adults with
diabetes, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey for 1971-1974, 1976-1980, 1988-1994, and 1999-2000, the authors
describe 30-year trends in total cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking
levels. Using Bayesian models, the authors calculated mean changes per year
and 95% credible intervals for age-adjusted mean total cholesterol and blood
pressure levels and the prevalence of high total cholesterol (greater than
or equal to5.17 mmol/L), high blood pressure (systolic blood pressure:
greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure: greater
than or equal to 90 mm Hg), and smoking."
"Between 1971-1974 and 1999-2000, mean total cholesterol declined from 5.95
mmol/L to 5.48 mmol/L (-0.02 (95% credible interval: -0.03, -0.01) mmol/L
per year)," reported Giuseppina Imperatore and colleagues at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. "The proportion with high cholesterol
decreased from 72% to 55%. Mean blood pressure declined from 146/86 mm Hg to
134/72 mm Hg (systolic blood pressure: -0.5 (95% credible interval: -1.1,
0.5) mm Hg per year; diastolic blood pressure: -0.6 (95% credible
interval: -1.0, -0.03) mm Hg per year)."
The researchers concluded, "The proportion with high blood pressure
decreased from 64% to 37%, and smoking prevalence decreased from 32% to 17%.
Although these trends are encouraging, still one of two people with diabetes
has high cholesterol, one of three has high blood pressure, and one of six
is a smoker."
Imperatore and associates published the results of their research in the
American Journal of Epidemiology (Thirty-year trends in cardiovascular risk
factor levels among U.S. adults with diabetes - National Health and
Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1971-2000. Amer J Epidemiol,
2004;160(6):531-539).
For additional information, contact Giuseppina Imperatore, Division of
Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford
Highway NE, MS-K10, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. E-mail: gai5@cdc.gov.
The publisher of the American Journal of Epidemiology can be contacted at:
Oxford University Press Inc., Journals Department, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC
27513, USA.
The information in this article comes under the major subject areas of Heart
Disease Risk Factor, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol,
Hypertension, Diabetes Survival and Mortality, Smoking, Cardiology, Heart
Disease Epidemiology, and Tobacco Use. This article was prepared by Biotech
Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2004, Biotech Week via
NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net.
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