Cross-sectional study of sociodemographic patterning of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in three isolated-based subgroups of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China.

ABSTRACT: To explore the sociodemographic patterning of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in three isolated-based subgroups of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China. A cross-sectional study. Between 2005 and 2008, a non-probability sampling design method was used to select three specific groups of the Uyghur rural populations based on their potential socioeconomic status (ie, isolated, semi-isolated and open-environment status). Three communities (named Desert, Turpan and Yuli Rob) in Southern Xinjiang autonomous region, China. 1656 people were included in this study. The inclusion criteria were that all participants were 18 years or older, they were descendants of at least three generations living in the same region, and there was no history of intermarriage. The prevalence of CVD ri

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3612766 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature