The prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors among industrial workers in Iran

hypertension is one of the most dangerous chronic diseases, and it is always considered one of the lifelong causes of mortalities and disabilities all over the world.

In this research, 3147 files of periodic examinations in 1397 of various industries located in Iranian Kaveh Industrial Zone were examined. the principal object of the cross-sectional study was to elucidate the prevalence of high blood pressure in a massive number of people who work in one of the most significant Iranian industrial zones and to predict the exact proportion of demographic factors like income, work experience, age, sex, BMI, etc., in determining blood pressure and to elucidate whether these variables make the people vulnerable to such a devastating disease.

According to this research, around 5% of the population in the investigation were hypertensive. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between HTN type demographic characteristics (p< 0.001). Fisher test showed a significant relationship between age and HTN (p< 0.001). Also, the lowest percentage of accidents is in workers with 25-30 years of experience. The results of the Chi-square test showed no significant relationship between hypertension and Marital status and sex. Linear regression analysis showed that the factors identified in this study, 23.3% predict blood pressure (r: 0.233) and BMI factor most predictive variable (B = 0.148) among the variables.

The result suggests it should be considered the dramatic role of predictive factors and bringing out the new strategy to deal with HTN in the industrial workplace in order to improve health level in workers as they work and spend a lot of time in the factories.