Epidemic Status and Related Factors of Chronic Diseases among Adult Residents in Liangzhou District of Wuwei
Li Yuxia
Li Xiaochun
Cai Huimin
Liu Haifeng
Pei Hongbo
Abstract：OBJECTIVE To understand the prevalence of chronic diseases and related factors among adult residents in Liang-zhou district.METHODS A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling survey was conducted in 4 communities in Liangzhou district,a to-tal of 9 004 adults in 8 townships were investigated for chronic diseases and their risk factors.RESULTS The prevalence rates of hy-pertension,diabetes and hyperlipidemia were 25.10%,7.94%and 3.47%respectively in Liangzhou District.The prevalence rate of hypertension in rural residents was higher than that in urban residents(P＜0.05),and the prevalence rate of hypertension and diabe-tes mellitus in urban male residents was higher than that in urban female residents(P＜0.05).The prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in men and women aged 60 years and over were much higher than those aged 18～34 years and 35～59 years.The prevalence rate of hyperlipemia in urban residents was higher than that in rural residents(P＜0.05).The prevalence rate of hy-perlipemia in females was slightly higher than that in males,except for those over 60 years old.In terms of BMI distribution,about 47.87%of Liangzhou District adults were overweight or obese,with overweight and obesity accounting for 37.14%and 10.73%re-spectively.The overweight and obesity rates of rural residents were higher than those of urban residents,and the overweight and obe-sity rates of male were higher than those of female in all age groups.CONCLUSION It suggested that the problem of abdominal obesi-ty in Liangzhou District is worthy of attention,especially in rural,young and middle-aged men.
Keywords：adult residentschronic diseasesepidemic statusrelated factors
Publication Date：2024-05-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 28-32 )