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Hypertension and selected indicators of health assessment in a population of 19-year-old men subject to military qualifications.

Authors :
Chmiel Z
Żal M
Więch P
Bazaliński D
Sałacińska I
Bartusik-Aebisher D
Binkowska-Bury M
Source :
Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2020 May 29; Vol. 99 (22), pp. e20398.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Assessment the prevalence of hypertension and its relation to selected indicators of health status and performance, including classification of BMI, obesity classifications, and body structure in a large test group of 19-year-old men.The study was observational-retrospective, and included a group of 17,282 men, aged 19, from the Małopolska region. All subjects met the qualifications for compulsory military service in 2017. We analyzed selected data obtained from the records of the Ministry of National Defense-spiral-ZINT. Data collection and analysis were carried out from April 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018.Hypertension was found at 0.6%, weak body structure at 0.8% and obesityco-existing with cardiorespiratory insufficiency has been reported 2.6% of respondents and it was more frequent in the recruiters from HT II than I. The underweight concerned almost 7%, and the overweight and obesity of 1/4 of conscripts. The vast majority of people with hypertension were characterized by excessive body weight (74.8%), mainly overweight.Hypertension was seen in a negligible percentage of males studied and was significantly associated with an increase in BMI, particularly with regards to being overweight.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1536-5964
Volume :
99
Issue :
22
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32481430
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000020398