title: Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors in Chinese Jing compared with Mulao populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  *These authors contributed equally to this work. At present, they work at the Hezhou People's Hospital, Hezhou, China.To retrospectively compare differences in the prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors between the Chinese Jing and Mulao populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects of Jing and Mulao ethnicities were surveyed using stratified randomized sampling. Demography, diet and lifestyle data were collected using standardized questionnaires. Several anthropometric parameters, blood pressure (BP) levels and serum lipid concentrations were obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from 915 Jing and 911 Mulao subjects aged ≥ 35 years were included. Diastolic BP levels and prevalence of hypertension were lower, but prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension was higher, in the Jing compared with the Mulao population. Prevalence of hypertension in the age 60-69 years, body mass index (BMI) > 24 kg/m(2), and smoker subgroups was lower in the Jing compared with the Mulao populations. Prevalence of hypertension correlated with age, cigarette smoking, triglyceride level, waist circumference, sodium intake and total dietary fibre in the Jing population; hypertension prevalence also correlated with age, triglyceride level, BMI, total fat, sodium intake and total dietary fibre in the Mulao population (unconditional logistic regression analyses).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors were different between the two ethnic minorities, which might result from the combined effects of differences in their geographic, dietary, lifestyle, and genetic backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Rui-Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Pei-Juan
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China yinruixing@163.com.
authors.forename: Rui-Xing
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Jiang
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, Jiangping Health Station of Dongxing City, Dongxing, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: The Disease Control and Prevention Centre of Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, China.
authors.forename: Dai-Xun
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory of the Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Li-Mei
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, School of Premedical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Shang-Ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Scientific Research Centre, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: De-Zhai
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Scientific Research Centre, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Xiong
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D044466:Asian People; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008019:Life Style; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids
keywords: Blood pressure; hypertension; lifestyle; prevalence; risk factor