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Abstract
Background: Numerous studies have shown that physical activity can effectively reduce blood pressure. And exercise is a physical activity that we can control, so which kind of exercise modalities is more closely related to the prevalence of hypertension needs further research.
Methods: This study's data came from the baseline survey of the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort. Sociodemographic information, physical activity, and hypertension prevalence were extracted to analyze the relationship between different common exercise modalities and the prevalence of hypertension.
Results: A total of 40,308 participants were included, and the prevalence of hypertension was 34.0%.The main exercise modalities of 24,260 (60.2%) respondents were Taichi /Qigong /leisure walking, 9046 (22.4%) brisk walking /gymnastics /folk dancing, 3194 (7.9%) jogging /aerobic exercise, 312 (0.8%) swimming, 1509 (3.7%) ball game, 657 (1.6%) equipment exercise, and 1330 (3.3%) others (e.g. mountain climbing). Compared with walking, jogging /aerobic exercise (OR: 0.781; 95%CI: 0.648-0.942), ball game (OR: 0.685; 95%CI: 0.539-0.871), and others (e.g. mountain climbing) (OR: 0.713; 95%CI: 0.528-0.964) they had a lower prevalence of hypertension. Among males, playing ball games (OR: 0.628; 95%CI: 0.476-0.827) had a lower prevalence of hypertension, while among females it was jogging /aerobic exercise(OR: 0.531; 95%CI: 0.371-0.762). Youth group who took jogging /aerobic exercise (OR: 0.642; 95%CI: 0.436-0.945) and ball game (OR: 0.416; 95%CI: 0.26-0.665) had a lower prevalence of hypertension.
Conclusion: People who do ball games, jogging /aerobic exercise, and others (e.g. mountain climbing) exercises had a lower prevalence of hypertension than walking, and there were differences between age and sex.
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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.