Prevalence of Hypertension and Adherence to Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Score in Childbearing Age Tunisian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background and Aims. The prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension, along with their sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle associations, were evaluated in a cross-sectional survey of childbearing age Tunisian women. Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet s...

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Published in:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors: El Ati, Jalila, Doggui, Radhouene, Ben Gharbia, Houda, El Ati-Hellal, Myriam
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 11/5/2021
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          El Ati, Jalila
          Doggui, Radhouene
          Ben Gharbia, Houda
          El Ati-Hellal, Myriam
        affil: INNTA (National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology), SURVEN (Nutrition Surveillance and Epidemiology in Tunisia) Research Laboratory, 11 Rue Jebel Lakhdar, Bab Saadoun, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia
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          Hypertension Epidemiology
          Patient Compliance
          DASH Diet
          Maternal Age
          Women
          Life Style Changes
          Anthropometry
          Scales
          Human
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Tunisia
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Two-Stage Cluster
          Stratified Random Sample
          Surveys
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Food Intake
          Energy Intake
          Age Factors
          Obesity
          Abdominal Fat
          Parity
          Family History
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: Background and Aims. The prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension, along with their sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle associations, were evaluated in a cross-sectional survey of childbearing age Tunisian women. Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet score was also assessed for hypertensive versus nonhypertensive women. Methods and Results. A total of 1689 nonpregnant women, aged 20-49 years, were randomly sampled a regional (Greater Tunis), two-stage, stratified, cross-sectional cluster survey from March 2009 to January 2010. Data on medical history and sociodemographic characteristics were collected using a questionnaire. The average daily intake of energy and nutrients was computed using a specific Tunisian food composition database. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet score (0 to 10) was assessed by adding the individual scores (0 to 1) of ten nutrient components according to dietary guidelines. The overall prevalence of hypertension was 21.4%. Age, obesity, abdominal fat, parity, and family history were significantly associated with hypertension. The mean Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension accordance score was 4.93 for hypertensive women and 4.86 for nonhypertensive women (P = 0.0556). After adjustment for age, energy intake, and all nutritional covariates, no associations were observed between hypertension and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet components. Conclusion. Though no clear-cut associations between hypertension and environmental or behavioral factors were identified in the study, the association with abdominal obesity and multiparity suggests that interventions aimed at lifestyle modifications to reduce these risk factors could be also useful in the prevention of hypertension.
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