Hypertension and selected indicators of health assessment in a population of 19-year-old men subject to military qualifications

Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 May 29;99(22):e20398. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000020398.

Abstract

Assessment the prevalence of hypertension and its relation to selected indicators of health status and performance, including classification of BMI, obesity classifications, and body structure in a large test group of 19-year-old men.The study was observational-retrospective, and included a group of 17,282 men, aged 19, from the Małopolska region. All subjects met the qualifications for compulsory military service in 2017. We analyzed selected data obtained from the records of the Ministry of National Defense-spiral-ZINT. Data collection and analysis were carried out from April 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018.Hypertension was found at 0.6%, weak body structure at 0.8% and obesityco-existing with cardiorespiratory insufficiency has been reported 2.6% of respondents and it was more frequent in the recruiters from HT II than I. The underweight concerned almost 7%, and the overweight and obesity of 1/4 of conscripts. The vast majority of people with hypertension were characterized by excessive body weight (74.8%), mainly overweight.Hypertension was seen in a negligible percentage of males studied and was significantly associated with an increase in BMI, particularly with regards to being overweight.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Body Mass Index
  • Health Status Indicators*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Military Medicine / methods
  • Military Medicine / standards*
  • Military Medicine / statistics & numerical data
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Overweight / diagnosis
  • Overweight / epidemiology
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thinness / diagnosis
  • Thinness / epidemiology
  • Young Adult