The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in a Latino Subgroup: A Rural Batey Population in the Dominican Republic

Gary Hon-chung Ho; Anne Kate Press; Christine Bumatay Sethna

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The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in a Latino Subgroup: A Rural Batey Population in the Dominican Republic

Gary Hon-chung Ho, Anne Kate Press, Christine Bumatay Sethna

Published in Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 7 September 2014 Accepted: 24 September 2014 Published: 30 September 2014

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Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension and identify variables associated with hypertension among residents of Batey 16. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults residing in Batey 16 of La Romana, Dominican Republic. Residents were approached house to house and invited to participate in a blood pressure screening and a survey pertaining to risk factors for hypertension. Blood pressures and waist circumferences were measured. Comparisons between the hypertensive and non-hypertensive group’s survey results, heights, and waist circumferences were made using chi square, Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney test, and univariate linear and logistic regression analysis. Results: Of the 187 participants, age 35±16 years (range 18-107 years), 34% were diagnosed with hypertension and 42% with were diagnosed with pre-hypertension. Age, sex, height, waist circumference, and use of medication were not significantly different between the hypertensive and the non-hypertensive participants. These variables in addition to elevated waist circumference were not associated with hypertension. Family history was an independent predictor of hypertension (OR= 2.7, p= 0.013; 95% CI, 1.2-5.8). Conclusions: The batey population has many unique characteristics that may contribute to its prevalence of hypertension and the patterns found in the associated risk factors. Further research needs to be conducted to broaden, explore, and clarify our findings.

Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20140205.26
Page(s)	480-485
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hypertension, Batey, Dominican Republic, Haitian, Rural Population

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Gary Hon-chung Ho; Anne Kate Press; Christine Bumatay Sethna. The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in a Latino Subgroup: A Rural Batey Population in the Dominican Republic. Sci. J. Public Health 2014, 2(5), 480-485. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20140205.26

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Gary Hon-chung Ho, Anne Kate Press, Christine Bumatay Sethna. The Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in a Latino Subgroup: A Rural Batey Population in the Dominican Republic. Sci J Public Health. 2014;2(5):480-485. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20140205.26

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Gary Hon-chung Ho

Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, US
Anne Kate Press

Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, US
Christine Bumatay Sethna

Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, US/Pediatric Nephrology, Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, US

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  journal = {Science Journal of Public Health},
  volume = {2},
  number = {5},
  pages = {480-485},
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  abstract = {Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension and identify variables associated with hypertension among residents of Batey 16. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults residing in Batey 16 of La Romana, Dominican Republic. Residents were approached house to house and invited to participate in a blood pressure screening and a survey pertaining to risk factors for hypertension. Blood pressures and waist circumferences were measured. Comparisons between the hypertensive and non-hypertensive group’s survey results, heights, and waist circumferences were made using chi square, Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney test, and univariate linear and logistic regression analysis. Results: Of the 187 participants, age 35±16 years (range 18-107 years), 34% were diagnosed with hypertension and 42% with were diagnosed with pre-hypertension. Age, sex, height, waist circumference, and use of medication were not significantly different between the hypertensive and the non-hypertensive participants. These variables in addition to elevated waist circumference were not associated with hypertension. Family history was an independent predictor of hypertension (OR= 2.7, p= 0.013; 95% CI, 1.2-5.8). Conclusions: The batey population has many unique characteristics that may contribute to its prevalence of hypertension and the patterns found in the associated risk factors. Further research needs to be conducted to broaden, explore, and clarify our findings.},
 year = {2014}
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