Abstract
AimThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia in Xinjiang, China.MethodStratified sampling method was used to select a representative sample of the general population including Chinese Han, Uygur, and Kazak in this geographic area. Seven cities were chosen. Based on the government records of registered residences, one participant was randomly selected from each household. The eligibility criterion for the study was ≥ 35 years of age.ResultsA total of 14,618 participants (5,757 Han, 4,767 Uygur, and 4,094 Kazak), were randomly selected from 26 villages in 7 cities. The prevalence of dyslipidemia was 52.72% in the all participants. The prevalence of dyslipidemia was higher in Han than that in the other two ethnic (58.58% in Han, 48.27% in Uygur, and 49.60% in Kazak, P < 0.000). The prevalence of dyslipidemia was higher in men than that in women (56.4% vs. 49.3%, P < 0.000). Among the participants with dyslipidemia, the proportion of those who aware, treat, control of dyslipidemia were 53.67%, 22.51%, 17.09% in Han, 42.19%, 27.78%, 16.20% in Uygur, 37.02%, 21.11%, 17.77% in Kazak.ConclusionDyslipidemia is highly prevalent in Xinjiang. The proportion of participants with dyslipidemia who were aware, treated, and controlled is unacceptably low. These results underscore the urgent need to develop national strategies to improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of dyslipidemia in Xinjiang.
Highlights
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the first leading contributor to mortality both in developed and developing countries [1]
The prevalence of dyslipidemia was higher in Han than that in the other two ethnic (58.58% in Han, 48.27% in Uygur, and 49.60% in Kazak, P < 0.000)
The prevalence of dyslipidemia was higher in men than that in women (56.4% vs. 49.3%, P < 0.000)
Summary
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the first leading contributor to mortality both in developed and developing countries [1]. It has been estimated that aging and population growth will increase CVD by more than a half over the 20 years in China [2]. This will bring such a enormous burden for Chinese economy. Xinjiang is an autonomous minority ethnic region of the People’s Republic of China in the northwest of the country It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km which takes up about one sixth of the country’s territory. The samples in each study were small or the participants were from the northern or the southern area only Those studies couldn’t represent the status of dyslipidemia in the whole region of Xinjiang. To better understand the status of dyslipidemia in Xinjiang, our team did a cross-sectional study called the Cardiovascular Risk Survey (CRS) between October 2007 and March 2010, which was expected to provide a comprehensive update results for the previous studies
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