The Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Uygur and Kazak Populations

This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Uygur and Kazak ethnic populations. A three-step stratified sampling method was used. Questionnaires, blood pressure, anthropometric measurement, and fasting blood glucose were monitored. In total, 1,571 Uygu...

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Published in:Cardiovascular toxicology 2008-12, Vol.8 (4), p.155-159
Main Authors: Tao, Yicun, Mao, Xinmin, Xie, Zijing, Ran, Xinjian, Liu, Xiaoyan, Wang, Ye, Luo, Xin, Hu, Mengying, Gen, Wenning, Zhang, Minfang, Wang, Tao, Ren, Jun, Wufuer, Hamulati, Li, Linlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cardiology
China - ethnology
Comorbidity
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology
Female
Glucose Intolerance - diagnosis
Glucose Intolerance - ethnology
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - diagnosis
Hypertension - ethnology
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - ethnology
Overweight - diagnosis
Overweight - ethnology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
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Summary:This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Uygur and Kazak ethnic populations. A three-step stratified sampling method was used. Questionnaires, blood pressure, anthropometric measurement, and fasting blood glucose were monitored. In total, 1,571 Uygur and 2,913 Kazak subjects were randomly enrolled. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance was 5.55- and 1.90-fold higher, respectively, in Uygur than in the Kazak population (8.16 vs. 1.47%, P  
ISSN:1530-7905
1559-0259
DOI:10.1007/s12012-008-9024-0