Current epidemiology and trend of hypertension in Chinese adult
- VernacularTitle:我国成人高血压的流行病学现状及趋势
- Author:
Yunmei LUO
1
;
Zhi ZENG
1
;
Wenbo HE
1
;
Wei ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Hospital Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
prevalence;
incidence;
review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2024;31(06):922-928
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Hypertension and its associated cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease result in a high burden of disease and health losses, making it the most burdensome disease in the world and one of the important public health issues in China. Currently Chinese scholars have carried out a large number of studies on the prevalence of hypertension, including regional and national prevalence studies. However, long-term follow-up studies on incidence of hypertension are relatively few and mostly limited to specific ages and regions. This paper summarizes the prevalence, incidence and epidemiological trend of hypertension in Chinese adults. The hypertension prevalence increased from 5.1% in 1959 to 27.5% in 2018, and presents an overall trend of high in the north and low in the south. The hypertension incidence is at a high level (the cumulative incidence was 33.4% after 22 years-follow-up), but there are few researches on the trend of hypertension incidence in huge region.
