title: [Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and risk factors of hypertension in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence, rates of awareness, treatment, and control, and risk factors of hypertension among the residents in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  5523 residents, 2325 males and 3198 females, aged 15 and over, underwent questionnaire survey to understand their general conditions, history of present disease, awareness of disease, treatment, working condition, etc, and measurement of blood pressure (BP), height, body mass, and serum glucose and triglyceride.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The no-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 31.30% in general (1674/5348), 38.52% in the males (829/2152), and 26.44% in the females (845/3196). The corresponding standardized prevalence rates of hypertension were 24.91%, 37.72%, and 20.75% respectively. The rates of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension were 57.41%, 32.74%, and 5.85% respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that employment condition, family history of hypertension, alcohol consumption, body mass index, level of triglyceride and serum glucose were risk factors of hypertension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypertension is highly prevalent is highly prevalent and the rates of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension are still rather low in Harbin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, First Clinical Medical College of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Shi-ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Wei-min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li-hang
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jing-bo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Fu-man
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires