Epidemiology and Etiology of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- VernacularTitle:扩张型心肌病病因及影响因素研究
- Author:
Guangyong HUANG
;
Hang GAO
;
Xiangang MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dilated cardiomyopathy;
Etiology;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the etiology and relative factors of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Methods A total of 233 DCM patients were enrolled and conducted epidemiological survey. Stable angina patients in the same region were collected as control group. The epidemiological investigation included: life styles and history of diseases; blood pressure, electrocardiogram and echocardiography; serum lipids, glucose, hs-CRP, cTNI and NT-proBNP. Results The prevalence rate of DCM was 29.1 per 100 000 population, the male being almost 2-fold more involved than female, and farmers accounted for 77.7%. Familial clustering was not obvious. There were low level of history of hypertension (12.4%), ischemic heart disease (2.1%), myocarditis (5.2%) and diabetes (3.4%). Compared with control group, DCM patients had higher proportion of farmer (60.0% vs 77.7%, P
