title: [Prevalence of hypertension among 30 to 70 years old citizens of Lhasa, Tibet China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence rate of hypertension among 30 to 70 years old Tibetan citizens in Lhasa municipality.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 371 Tibetan men and women aged between 30 to 70 years old were included in this cross-sectional epidemiological study with simple random sampling from October to November 2006. All participants were requested to fill in a Standard questionnaire, blood pressure was measured, body mass index and waist and hip circumference ratio were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence rate of hypertension was 40.2% (36.6% in men vs. 40.9% in women, P = 0.921). Prevalence rate of hypertension increased with age (r = 0.995, P < 0.001). The age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 37.6% (38.0% in men and 37.5% in women). Awareness rate of hypertension was 70.9%, treatment rate of hypertension was 38.1%, and control rate of hypertension was 2.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a high prevalence rate and poor control rate of hypertension among 30 to 70 years old citizens of Lhasa. Intensive medical care aimed to better control of blood pressure should be applied to this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Tibet University Medical College, Lhasa 850002, China.
authors.lastname: Deji
authors.lastname: Dawapuchi
authors.lastname: Danzeng
authors.lastname: Zhuoma
authors.lastname: Xiaoduoji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D018609:Tibet / Q000453:epidemiology; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio