RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence Rate Of Hypertension Among Recent Southeast Asian Refugees To Northern California
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 105
OP 109
DO 10.3122/jabfm.7.2.105
VO 7
IS 2
A1 Tanji, Jeffrey L.
A1 Arevalo, Jose A.
A1 Paliescheskey, Mary
A1 Lee, Linda
A1 Alcalde, Oscar
YR 1994
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/7/2/105.abstract
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.