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Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors in Dehui City of Jilin Province in China

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To evaluate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and its risk factors in Dehui City of Jilin Province in China. The study was performed among 3778 subjects (male=1787) in Dehui city, Jilin Province of China. The subjects completed a standard questionnaire, biochemical tests and physical examinations. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was 41.00% in this area. The awareness, treatment and the control of hypertension were 21.82, 15.56 and 1.10%, respectively, with city areas being significantly higher than rural areas. Significant risk factors for hypertension included age, sex, central obesity, alcohol consumption, family history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, education level and type of work. Further analysis showed that diabetes for urban participants and cigarette smoking for rural participants were risk factors but were not statistically significant at the multi-variate level. The prevalence of hypertension in Dehui Ctiy of Jilin Province is higher than in other areas of China. In addition, rates of awareness and treatment of the condition are much lower than in other populations, with the control rate only 1.10%.

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We thank the nursing staff of the First Hospital of Jilin University for their support and Qu Xu for his help in quantification analysis.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    Q Wei

  2. Department of Geriatrics, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    J Sun, H-Y Zhou, S-M He & Y-L Liu

  3. Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    J Huang

  4. Department of Electrical Diagnosis, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China

    Y-M Ding

  5. School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    Y-C Tao

  6. Department of Hepatology, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China

    J-Q Niu

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Wei, Q., Sun, J., Huang, J. et al. Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors in Dehui City of Jilin Province in China. J Hum Hypertens 29, 64–68 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2014.32

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