title: [The prevalence and distributing feature of atrial fibrillation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Kazaks adult population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence and distributing feature of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Xinjiang Kazaks adult population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four-stage selected random samples aged 30-89 years from Tacheng, Yili and Aletai were analyzed. An epidemical study of AF was performed including inquiring medical history, recording electrocardiogram and auscultation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 22 514 adults were surveyed. The prevalence of AF in Xinjiang Kazaks adult population was 0.37%, which was increasing with aging. The prevalence was higher in men than in women (0.5% vs 0.2%, P < 0.01). In AF patients, 23 was valvular AF. Ischemic stroke was the most frequent type and the stroke rate in the patients with AF was significantly higher than that without AF (6.0% vs 1.2%, P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of AF in Xinjiang Kazaks adult population is lower than the reported national prevalence but patients with AF in this population would not like to take the necessary medicine. Therefore, the control of AF need to be reinforced.
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Heart Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
authors.forename: Wu-hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hu-yati
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Zhi-qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Peng-yi
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Hong-yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Meila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Lizha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Bati
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Deke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shagen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors