TY - JOUR
T1 - High Blood Pressure and Related Factors Among Individuals at High Risk for HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections
AU - Nam, Soohyun
AU - Whittemore, Robin
AU - Jeon, Sangchoon
AU - Davey-Rothwell, Melissa A.
AU - Latkin, Carl
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH066810) to PI Carl Latkin and the National Institute of Nursing Research (K23NR014661) to PI Soohyun Nam.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Data from a social network–based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention study with a total of 330 men and women at high risk for HIV/STIs were used to examine the relationships between substance use, depressive symptoms, general health, cardiovascular disease risk factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP). Approximately 60% of the participants had prehypertension to stage 2 hypertension. In the base model, older patients (P<.0001), men (P=.003), and patients with poorer self-reported health (P=.029) were significantly associated with high SBP, whereas older age (P<.001) and higher body mass index (P<.001) were significantly associated with higher DBP. After adjusting for the base model, high frequency of alcohol drinking and high frequency of binge drinking remained significant for high SBP and DBP. These data suggest that future cardiovascular disease programs should target moderate alcohol consumption to improve blood pressure among individuals at high risk for HIV/STIs.
AB - Data from a social network–based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention study with a total of 330 men and women at high risk for HIV/STIs were used to examine the relationships between substance use, depressive symptoms, general health, cardiovascular disease risk factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP). Approximately 60% of the participants had prehypertension to stage 2 hypertension. In the base model, older patients (P<.0001), men (P=.003), and patients with poorer self-reported health (P=.029) were significantly associated with high SBP, whereas older age (P<.001) and higher body mass index (P<.001) were significantly associated with higher DBP. After adjusting for the base model, high frequency of alcohol drinking and high frequency of binge drinking remained significant for high SBP and DBP. These data suggest that future cardiovascular disease programs should target moderate alcohol consumption to improve blood pressure among individuals at high risk for HIV/STIs.
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U2 - 10.1111/jch.12714
DO - 10.1111/jch.12714
M3 - Article
C2 - 26514661
AN - SCOPUS:84975488615
SN - 1524-6175
VL - 18
SP - 572
EP - 580
JO - Journal of Clinical Hypertension
JF - Journal of Clinical Hypertension
IS - 6
ER -