摘要
Hypertension has currently become a centennial epidemic and key public health problem inChina. According to an investigation among 15 540 adults from 2000 to 2001 by Gu and co-workers,1 the prevalence of hypertension among people aged 35 to 74 years has reached 27. 2%, ranking among the highest rates of hypertension in the world and putting the blood pressure （BP） of nearly 130 million Chinese adults above the normal level. A latest survey by the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau showed that among residents in Beijing aged 15 years old and above, the incidence of hypertension has climbed up to 25%, and among residents at and above 45 years old in the city, it has exceeded 50%.
Hypertension has currently become a centennial epidemic and key public health problem inChina. According to an investigation among 15 540 adults from 2000 to 2001 by Gu and co-workers,1 the prevalence of hypertension among people aged 35 to 74 years has reached 27. 2%, ranking among the highest rates of hypertension in the world and putting the blood pressure （BP） of nearly 130 million Chinese adults above the normal level. A latest survey by the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau showed that among residents in Beijing aged 15 years old and above, the incidence of hypertension has climbed up to 25%, and among residents at and above 45 years old in the city, it has exceeded 50%.
