Prevalence of valvular heart diseases and associated risk factors in Han, Uygur and Kazak population in Xinjiang, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Valvular heart diseases (VHD) is very common in clinical practice and has became the subject of growing attention in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Our aim was to assess the prevalence and correlates of VHD in the general population in Xinjiang, China.

Methods

Using a 4-stage stratified cluster random sampling method, a total of 14618 participants were recruited in the Cardiovascular Risk Survey (CRS) study. The participants' personal information, medical history were assessed by questionnaire. VHD was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. We carried out the statistical analysis utilizing SPSS Statistics version 19.0.

Results

In the total study group, VHD was observed in 1397 (9.65%) individuals. The prevalence rates of VHD in Han, Uygur and K

SUBMITTER: Wang YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371360 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature