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KMID : 1035720160170010023
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Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
2016 Volume.17 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.33
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Effect of Health Behavior and Obesity Indices on Blood Pressure in Peru Low-income Urban Areas
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Kim Jae-Woo
Nam Eun-Woo
Kim Do-Hyeong
Yoon Young-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is analysing the influence of how health behavior such as smoking, drinking, and consuming salt and obesity affects to blood pressure and providing useful data for preventing ischemic heart disease of Peru which is main cause of death since 2012 and promoting healthy lifestyle of community.
Methods: At the selected four districts in Lima and Callao region of Peru by KOICA Peru office, survey was conducted among adults over the age of 18. Excepted 19 incomplete people for the missing, 686 people were analysed in this survey.
Results: There was no significant relationship between blood pressure and drinking and salt intake. By regression analysis, systolic blood pressure was significantly related with gender, age and abdominal obesity and diastolic blood pressure was significantly related with gender and abdominal obesity.
Conclusions: As a result, diastolic and systolic blood pressure are mainly affected by waist circumference and gender. Therefore, It's need to be classifying male into vulnerable groups in the occurrence of hypertension and providing health education and information about hypertension to them. For improving health status of vulnerable group, awareness of hypertension prevention and changing unhealthy lifestyle to healthy lifestyle activities are necessary. In the end, it is necessary to prevent abdominal obesity through periodic health education.
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KEYWORD
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Hypertension, Obesity, Urban area, Peru, KOICA
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