Study on the prevalence of chronic diseases and their risk factors for staffs in a university in Beijing
XU Qin,XIAO Ying,ZHAO Wen-hua,et al.Hospital of Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
[Abstract] Objective To provide scientific basis of improving the teaching and administrative staffs’ health of a university,the prevalence of chronic diseases and their risk factors for faculty in an university were studied.Methods An investigation from 2002 to 2004 was conducted by the method of physical examination and questionnaire among 1005 staffs of an university.By employing SPSS10.0,the risk factors to chronic diseases as well as the variance of the chronic diseases were analyzed on the basis of the database obtained from the results.Results In the people investigated,the order of the prevalence was hypertension,hyperlipidemia,obesity,diabetes,coronary heart disease and cerebral apoplexy.The prevalence of high blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia for the overweight and obesity people were evidently higher than that of normal people.The morbidity rates of diabetes and hypercholesterolemia in overweight group were more than that in normal group.The prevalence of diabetes,hypercholesterolemia in obesity group were higher than that in normal group.Conclusion It should be emphasized the hygienic management of health education and intervention on treatment for obesity and reduction of blood pressure and blood fat index in the university.
[Key words] staffs in university;chronic disease;risk factor