Investigation of epidemic characters of hypertensive disease of rural residents in Anhui province

Objective:To explore the epidemic characters of hypertensive disease of rural residents in Anhui and provide the reference for its prevention and control.Methods:The subjects were rural residents seleted by multi-stage cluster random sampling method from 25 counties,who were interviewed with self-compiled questionnaire.Results:The hypertension,male and female prevalence rates were 12.06%,12.39% and 11.71%,respectively.According to the multi-factor logistic regression analysis,irregular diet,mental tension,aging and dietary preference were risk factors of hypertensive disease(P0.05 to P0.01).Conclusions:The hypertensive disease situation is not promising in rural area.It is high time to enhance rural health education directing at the main and easily changeable risk factors.