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Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 22, pages 366–369 (2008)Cite this article

The factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control were studied in 45 925 rural Chinese aged ⩾35 years. Of all hypertensives ( n =17 355), 29.5% were aware of their condition, 20.2% were receiving treatment and only 0.9% had their blood pressure (BP) adequately controlled, and most hypertensives in rural China did not comprehend the fatalness of high BP. Results indicate that more attention is needed in improving the cognitional level of hypertensive fatalness and more effort is also needed in promoting hypertension awareness, treatment and control among all hypertensives in rural China.

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality in the world and its role is set to continue.1, 2 Establishing factors associated with awareness and management is an essential starting point in preventing increasing burden of morbidity and mortality from hypertension-related cardiovascular diseases.3, 4, 5 However, in China, especially in rural China where resource setting is poorer than the urban, information on factors associated with awareness, treatment and control of hypertension is very scarce despite increasing prevalence of hypertension. The emerging data, mostly from the industrialised nations, indicate that factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic and body sizes are associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control.3, 5 It is unclear, however, whether these factors are applicable in very poor resource settings. We investigated 45 925 rural adult people from 2004 to 2006 in Liaoning province of China to examine factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control.

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  1. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

    G Dong

  2. Division of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

    Z Sun, L Zheng, X Zhang, C Xu & Y Sun

  3. Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

    J Li & D Hu

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Dong, G., Sun, Z., Zheng, L. et al. Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese. J Hum Hypertens 22, 366–369 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002303

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