title: [Survey on blood pressure and serum lipids in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese living in Guangxi].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the levels of blood pressure and serum lipids, and examine the relationship between hypertension and hyperlipidemia in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese living in Guangxi.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1056 people of Hei Yi Zhuang ethnicity were studied. Blood pressure, body height, body weight, and serum levels of lipids and apolipoprotein were measured. The data were compared with those in 925 people of Han ethnicity, who live in the same region.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure were significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). The prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension and hypertension was also significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). Serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein (Apo) B, and the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia were significantly lower in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.05). Serum concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the Apo A1 to Apo B ratio were significantly higher in Hei Yi Zhuang than Han Chinese (P < 0.001). The prevalence of hypertension in Hei Yi Zhuang Chinese was positively associated with triglycerides (r = 0.425, P < 0.05), whereas the prevalence of hypertension in Han Chinese was positively correlated with total cholesterol (r = 0.623, P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study revealed a significant difference in blood pressure and serum lipids between Hei Yi Zhuang and Han ethnic groups, and an association between hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China. yinruixing@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Rui-xing
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Shang-ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Wei-xiong
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Feng-ping
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: De-zhai
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-mei
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Jia-qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Rong-shan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Tang-wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mu-yan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Guang-qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jian-dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiu-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Zhen-biao
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authors.lastname: Nong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids