What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: Hypertension (n=2208). Intervention: Yi ethnic group characteristics and risk factors. Primary outcome: Prevalence of hypertension (95% CI 36.5-40.5).

What does this research mean for the field?

Hypertension is highly prevalent (38.5%) among rural Yi ethnic adults aged 50 years and older in China, but awareness (24.8%), treatment (23.6%), and control (7.2%) rates are notably low. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

April 13, 2015BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Prevalence, awareness, medication, control, and risk factors associated with hypertension in Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and over in rural China: the Yunnan minority eye study

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Key result

Hypertension affects ~39% of older rural Yi adults in China alongside very low control rates.

95% CI 36.5-40.5
n=2,208

Population

2,208 adults aged ≥50 years from rural communities in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

LCLixing ChenHebei North University YZYuan ZongShanghai University TWTao WeiQingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries

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Implication

Underscores hypertension care gaps in rural ethnic elders; leaves open targeted intervention trials.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=2,208)

Structured PICO

Population

2,208 adults aged 50 years and older from the Yi ethnic group in rural China were assessed for hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control.

Outcome

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension

Hypertension is highly prevalent (38.5%) among the Yi ethnic group aged ≥50 in rural China, with alarmingly low rates of awareness, treatment, and control.

Limitations

Participants may be older and unhealthier compared with the general population of rural areas because of the absence of young adults working in urban cities.
Blood pressure was measured at a single visit, potentially overestimating prevalence.
White-coat hypertension and secondary hypertension were not excluded.
Target-organ damage could not be detected.
White-coat hypertension and secondary hypertension were not excluded
Target-organ damage could not be detected

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Chen et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=2,208). Yi ethnic group characteristics and risk factors was evaluated on Prevalence of hypertension (95% CI 36.5-40.5). The prevalence of hypertension among the Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and older in rural China was 38.5%, with low rates of awareness (24.8%), treatment (23.6%), and control (7.2%).

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa5240750dab972bddd4208 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1687-4

Topics

Hypertension management

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Prevalence, awareness, medication, control, and risk factors associated with hypertension in Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and over in rural China: the Yunnan minority eye study

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Prevalence, awareness, medication, control, and risk factors associated with hypertension in Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and over in rural China: the Yunnan minority eye study

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