PMID- 18497460
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080701
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 0916-9636 (Print)
IS  - 0916-9636 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Mar
TI  - Betel nut chewing is associated with hypertension in Taiwanese type 2 diabetic 
      patients.
PG  - 417-23
LID - 10.1291/hypres.31.417 [doi]
AB  - Betel nut chewing is associated with oral cancers and diabetes. This study 
      investigated whether betel nut chewing could be associated with hypertension in 
      Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The data of a total of 
      81,226 (37,226 men and 44,000 women) patients with T2DM obtained from a 
      cross-sectional telephone survey in a national sample of diabetic patients in 
      Taiwan were analyzed. Hypertension was defined by a positive history or reported 
      systolic blood pressure>or=140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure>or=90 mmHg. 
      Analyses were performed in separate sexes with consideration paid to the 
      potential confounding effects of age, diabetic duration, body mass index and 
      smoking. The prevalences of betel nut chewing in men and women were 20.4% and 
      1.1%, respectively. Betel nut chewing was more common in the younger age groups 
      of the male sex. The multivariate-adjusted odds ratios for hypertension in 
      chewers vs. non-chewers were 1.067 (1.007-1.131) and 1.897 (1.534-2.346) for men 
      and women, respectively. In multiple linear regression, although no adjustment 
      was made for the use of antihypertensive agents, betel nut chewing was 
      significantly associated with blood pressure, with regression coefficients of 
      0.958+/-0.163 (SEM) for systolic and 0.441+/-0.108 for diastolic blood pressure 
      in men; and the respective values for women were 1.805+/-0.618 and 1.198+/-0.393. 
      In conclusion, betel nut chewing was significantly associated with hypertension 
      in Taiwanese patients with T2DM and the association was stronger in women.
FAU - Tseng, Chin-Hsiao
AU  - Tseng CH
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 
      and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. ccktsh@ms6.hinet.net
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Hypertens Res
JT  - Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension
JID - 9307690
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Areca/*adverse effects
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology/ethnology/physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology/ethnology/physiopathology
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Mastication
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Taiwan/epidemiology
EDAT- 2008/05/24 09:00
MHDA- 2008/07/02 09:00
CRDT- 2008/05/24 09:00
PHST- 2008/05/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/07/02 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/05/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - JST.JSTAGE/hypres/31.417 [pii]
AID - 10.1291/hypres.31.417 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Hypertens Res. 2008 Mar;31(3):417-23. doi: 10.1291/hypres.31.417.