Association of Lipid Levels With the Prevalence of Hypertension in Chinese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on 32 Health Check Centers

Abstract

BackgroundDyslipidemia is strongly associated with the development of hypertension. In our previous study, it was shown that elevated TC, LDL-c, and non-HDL-c were associated with the prevalence of hypertension in Chinese men, whereas the relationship between HDL-c and hypertension shifted from no association to a positive association after adjusting for the BMI. To further accumulate epidemiological evidence in Asian women, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between lipid profile and prevalence of hypertension in Chinese adult women.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study including 54,099 Chinese women aged>20 years at 32 health screening centers in 11 cities from 2010-2016. The original data were obtained from DATADRYAD database (www.datadryad.org). Besides, the overall women were classified into non-hypertensive and hypertensive groups based on baseline blood pressure levels. Differences between the two groups were examined by Man-Whitney test or Chi-square test. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was employed to evaluate the correlation between systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and lipid profiles. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to estimate the relationship between different lipid levels and the prevalence of hypertension. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) indicated the risk of lipid and hypertension. Bayesian model (BN) model was constructed to further assess the relationship between baseline characteristics and the prevalence of hypertension, as well as the importance of each variable for the prevalence of hypertension.ResultsCompared to the non-hypertensive population, the hypertensive population was older, and had the higher body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), serum creatinine (Scr), fasting blood glucose (FPG), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-c), but HDL-c and the presence concerning the family history of diabetes were lower. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that TC, LDL-c, and non-HDL-c showed a positive trend with hypertension risk (p for trend < 0.05) whereas TC and HDL-c were not significantly associated with hypertension prevalence. Moreover, each 1 mg/dl increase in TC, LDL, and non-HDL hypertension prevalence increased by 0.2% [1.002 (1.000-1.003)], 0.2% [1.002 (1.000-1.004)], and 0.2% [1.002(1.001-1.004)], respectively. BN suggested that the importance of age, BMI, FPG, non-HDL-c on the prevalence of hypertension was 52.73%, 24.98%, 11.22%, and 2.34%, respectively.ConclusionOverall, in Chinese adult women, TC, LDL-c and non-HDL-c levels were higher and HDL-c level was lower in the hypertensive population, whereas TG did not differ significantly from the non-hypertensive population. Meanwhile, TC, LDL-c, and non-HDL-c were positively associated with prevalence of hypertension, and HDL-c was negatively associated with prevalence of hypertension but became nonsignificant after full adjustment for variables. Moreover, BN model suggested that age, BMI, FPG, and non-HDL-c had a greater effect on the development of hypertension.

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