PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tanji, Jeffrey L.
AU  - Arevalo, Jose A.
AU  - Paliescheskey, Mary
AU  - Lee, Linda
AU  - Alcalde, Oscar
TI  - Prevalence Rate Of Hypertension Among Recent Southeast Asian Refugees To Northern California
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.7.2.105
DP  - 1994 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 105--109
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/7/2/105.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/7/2/105.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1994 Mar 01; 7
AB  - Background: Little is known regarding the prevalence rate of hypertension among recent Southeast Asian refugees to the United States. Methods: In this randomized, prospective study, four northern California counties with large Southeast Asian refugee populations were screened for the prevalence rates of hypertension and borderline hypertension. A population density method based upon 1988 census data was used to screen a representative sample of subjects from each county. Criteria for hypertension came from the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Results: In all, 964 subjects were screened. We found a prevalence rate of 4.8 percent for hypertension and 10.9 percent for borderline hypertension. Conclusions: The relatively low prevalence rates of this disease can be explained by the youth of this refugee population, mean age 37.6 ± 0.36 years, as the presence of hypertension increases with chronological age.