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The Interdependence of Blood Pressure and Glucose in Vietnam

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posted on 2023-05-21, 01:07 authored by Nga TranNga Tran, Christopher BlizzardChristopher Blizzard, Khue, LN, Le Van Ngoc, T, Bao, TQ, Petr OtahalPetr Otahal, Mark NelsonMark Nelson, Costan Magnussen, Tan BuiTan Bui, Srikanth, V, Thuy, AB, Son, HT, Hai, PN, Mai, TH, Michele CallisayaMichele Callisaya, Seana GallSeana Gall

Introduction: Modelling of associations of systolic blood pressure (BP) and blood glucose (BG) with their explanatory factors in separate regressions treats them as having independent biological mechanisms. This can lead to statistical inferences that are unreliable because the substantial overlap in their etiologic and disease mechanisms is ignored.

Aim: This study aimed to examine the relationship of systolic blood pressure (BP) and blood glucose (BG) with measures of obesity and central fat distribution and other factors whilst taking account of the inter-dependence between them.

Methods: Participants (n = 14706, 53.5 % females) aged 25-64 years were selected by multi-stage stratified cluster sampling from eight provinces each representing one of the eight geographical regions of Vietnam. Measurements were made using the World Health Organization STEPS protocols.

Results: Structural modelling identified direct effects for BG (men P = 0.000, women P = 0.029), age (men P = 0.000, women P = 0.000) and body mass index (BMI) (men P = 0.000, women P = 0.000) in the estimation of systolic BP, and for systolic BP (men P = 0.036, women P = 0.000) and waist circumference (WC) (men P = 0.032, women P = 0.009) in the estimation of BG. There were indirect effects of age, cholesterol, physical activity and tobacco smoking via their influence on WC and BMI. The errors in estimation of systolic BP and BG were correlated (men P = 0.000, women P = 0.004), the stability indices (men 0.466, women 0.495) showed the non-recursive models were stable, and the proportion of variance explained was mid-range (men 0.553, women 0.579).

Conclusion: This study provided statistical evidence of a feedback loop between systolic BP and BG. BMI and WC were confirmed to be their primary explanatory factors. Saturated fat intake and physical activity were identified as possible targets of intervention for overweight and obesity, and indirectly for reducing systolic BP and BG. Harmful/hazardous alcohol intake was identified as a target of intervention for systolic BP.

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Publication title

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volume

28

Pagination

141-150

ISSN

1120-9879

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Springer International

Place of publication

New Zealand

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions

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