title: [Survey on the prevalence of hypertension in different ethnic groups in China in 2002].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure level in different ethnic groups in Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are presented for 67700 men and 84983 women aged more than 15 years old from National Nutrition and Health Survey, 2002.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After being adjusted by age using Chinese population in 1964, the highest prevalence of hypertension in the male were. Tibetan (25.6%) and Manchu (23.1%). The Miao (9.2%) and Tujia (11.1%) ethnics have the lowest prevalence of hypertension. Also prevalence rate of hypertension in female in Tibetan (24.0%) and Manchu (18.7%) were the highest, and the lowest were Miao (6.1%) and Zhuang (8.3%) ethnics. The prevalence rate of hypertension in most ethnics were increased compared with that of 1991, except that of the male in Mongolian and female in Miao ethnics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure level were different among ethnics. The prevalence rate of hypertension in almost all ethnics were increased during past ten years.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China. huyi6989@tom.com
authors.forename: Yi-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chong-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Wen-Zhi
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yu-na
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Feng-ying
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Zhai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence