Weight and Health Behaviour Changes among Ageing People with Medication for Hypertension and High Cholesterol Level

摘要

Purpose. It is hypothesized that people with medication for hypertension and/or high cholesterol level do not lose weight or change their health behaviour.Methods. This is a six-year follow-up study consisting of 1,428 individuals from two birth cohorts (1936–40, 1946–50) who took part in clinical check-ups and answered to the survey questionnaires in 2002 and 2008.Results. Those participants, born in 1946–50, who had medication at the baseline had higher increase of body mass index (P<0.01) and waist circumference (P<0.01) at the follow-up. No major disparities in health behaviour changes between medicated and nonmedicated were found.Conclusions. Findings of this study support partly the hypothesis that aging individuals with medication for hypertension and/or high cholesterol level do not lose weight or change their health behaviour.