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. 2011 Oct 12;11:794. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-794

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of healthy Chinese adults with either normotension and normoglycemia, prehypertension and prediabetes, or hypertension and diabetes mellitus

Normotension and Normoglycemia PreHTN and PreDM HPT and DM

N Prevalence N Prevalence N Prevalence
(%) (%) (%)
Overall (2008-2010) 2340 28.6 ± 0.5 897 11.0 ± 0.3 160 2.0 ± 0.2
Survey area
 Hei Longjiang province 1137 29.3 ± 0.6 519 13.3 ± 0.5 97 2.5 ± 0.3
 Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region 1203 27.9 ± 0.7 378 8.8 ± 0.4 63 1.5 ± 0.2
Gender
 Men 645 17.9 ± 0.6 512 14.2 ± 0.6 98 2.7 ± 0.3
 Women 1695 36.9 ± 0.7 385 8.4 ± 0.4 62 1.3 ± 0.2
Age group (years)
 18-39 1438 44.7 ± 0.8 212 6.6 ± 0.4 7 0.2 ± 0.1
 40-49 495 28.1 ± 1.1 205 11.6 ± 0.8 30 1.7 ± 0.3
 50-59 268 17.0 ± 0.9 221 14.0 ± 0.9 42 2.7 ± 0.4
 60- 139 8.5 ± 0.7 259 15.9 ± 0.9 81 5.0 ± 0.5
Ethnic group
 Han 1662 28.7 ± 0.6 695 12.0 ± 0.4 112 1.9 ± 0.2
 Korean 195 20.8 ± 1.3 109 11.6 ± 1.0 34 3.6 ± 0.6
 Mongolian 395 31.9 ± 1.3 63 5.1 ± 0.6 10 0.8 ± 0.3
 Other 88 38.8 ± 3.2 30 13.2 ± 2.2 4 1.7 ± 0.8
Education
 Primary or below 119 14.5 ± 1.2 100 12.2 ± 1.1 69 8.4 ± 1.0
 Secondary 874 24.3 ± 0.7 461 12.8 ± 0.6 48 1.3 ± 0.2
 Matriculation or above 1307 36.1 ± 0.8 320 8.8 ± 0.5 42 1.2 ± 0.2
Marital status
 Married 1471 25.1 ± 0.6 724 12.4 ± 0.4 132 2.3 ± 0.2
 Single 677 50.9 ± 1.3 51 3.8 ± 0.5 3 0.2 ± 0.1
 Divorced/widowed 85 19.3 ± 1.9 51 11.6 ± 1.5 14 3.2 ± 0.8
Smoking
 Non-smoker 1886 32.2 ± 0.6 561 9.6 ± 0.4 110 1.9 ± 0.2
 Current smoker 357 20.1 ± 0.9 242 13.6 ± 0.8 35 2.0 ± 0.3
 Ex-smoker 49 15.0 ± 2.0 55 16.8 ± 2.1 13 4.0 ± 1.1
Alcohol consumption
 Non-drinker 1825 32.6 ± 0.6 540 9.6 ± 0.4 93 1.7 ± 0.2
 Current drinker 413 19.4 ± 0.9 290 13.6 ± 0.7 57 2.7 ± 0.3
 Ex-drinker 38 19.5 ± 2.8 24 12.3 ± 2.3 8 4.1 ± 1.4

1Percent prevalence ± standard error.

2Abbreviations: PreHTN, prehypertension; PreDM, prediabetes; HPT, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus.