ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of the cardiovascular disease associated risk levels among hypertensive population of Han, Uygur and Kazakh ethnicities, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonornous Region, to guide hypertension prevention and treatment in different ethnicities. METHODS: Four stages random cluster sampling method was used, and all the data was collected from Xinjiang local residents aged over 18 between October 2007 and March 2010. RESULTS: A total of 14 618 subjects completed this survey, in which 2 654 Han, 1 612 Uygur and 2034 Kazakh people diagnosed with hypertension was included in this research. Most of them were"grade 1 hypertension", and the percentage of grade 3 hypertension was Han (19.1%), Uygur (17.3%) and Kazakh (32.3%), respectively. Majority hypertensive people accompanied with 1 risk factor. The risk proportions of low, medium, high and very high in hypertension population of different ethnicities were Han (19.4%, 34.6%, 46.1%), Uygur (17.7%, 37.6%, 44.7%), Kazakh (12.5%, 38.0%, 49.4%) respectively. In Han, Uygur and Kazakh ethnicities, the percentage of high risk and very high risk was highest in hypertensive men aged over 60 years old.The percentages of hypertension awareness were 42.0%, 45.6%, 46.5% and percentages of medicine therapy were 29.6%, 23.4%, 25.2% for Han, Uygur and Kazakh ethnicities, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Hypertensive people among Han, Uygur and Kazakh ethnicities in Xinjiang are mainly under high risk and very high risk situation of cardiovascular disease, especially in men aged ≥60. The percentage of hypertension awareness and medicine therapy in high risk and very high risk population is the highest, while percentage of awareness in medium risk population is low.