title: [Epidemiological survey of atrial fibrillation among Uygur and Han elderly people in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Uygur and Han elderly populations in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region (Xinjiang).
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiological survey was conducted among the residents selected through stratified random cluster sampling in the southern, northern and eastern Xinjiang.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall AF prevalence among Uygur and Han elderly people was 3.56%. The crude prevalence of AF was 2.91% among Uygur elderly people and 4.13% among Han elderly people. The sex specific prevalence of AF were 3.19% and 2.61% among Uygur males and females respectively, and 5.01% and 3.31% among Han males and females respectively. The prevalence of valvular AF among Uygur ethnic group was higher than that in Han ethnic group; the prevalence of non-valvular and isolated AF in Han ethnic group were higher than those in Uygur ethnic group. The compliance of aspirin and β-blocker medication among Han ethnic group was better than that in Uygur ethnic group. The compliance of warfarin medication was poor in both Uygur ethnic group and Han ethnic group. The prevalence of ischemic stroke were 8.82% and 0.98% in Uygur elderly people with or without AF. The prevalence of ischemic stroke were 6.08% and 0.70% in Han elderly people with or without AF.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of AF in elderly people in Xinjiang is similar to the results from other domestic studies, the prevalence of AF in Han elderly people was higher than that in Uygur elderly peoples.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital.
authors.forename: Haijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: Public Health College, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital.
authors.forename: Keyimu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kabinur
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital.
authors.forename: Abulizi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palida
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital; Email: zhouxiaohui858@sina.com.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D020521:Stroke; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014859:Warfarin
chemical_list: D014859:Warfarin