Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors among Chinese Han population in Hunan. This is a retrospective study of 2,119 participants who was conducted at First Xiang Ya Hospital Central south university Hunan, China, over a period of January 2016 to December 2018. Data were collected from medical record files which was relating to demographic of individual participants such as age, gender, BMI, blood pressure, a history of alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and as well as diabetes. Statistical significant was analyzed by SPSS 20.00 with the chi-square test. The prevalence of hypertension was 27.38%. This study was carried out of 2119 hypertension patients among male 56%, which was higher than female 43.9%. The age specific prevalence of hypertension in male 34.79% and female 34.12%, which was no significant found. While 31.50 %, 33.69 % and 26.28 % and 39.59 % among the aged group of 30 to 39 and >= 65 years respectively which was consider significant P<0.05. Increased BMI at 24.20 +/- 3.59 and 23.91 +/- 3.73 were independent predictors of hypertension in both male and female in addition to excessive alcoholism 76.7%, 56%, smoking 86%, 57% and diabetes 70% and 48.8% respectively with significant P<0.05.The prevalence of hypertension is 27.38% in Hunan China. The most important factors are smoking and diabetes in addition to alcohol consumption, high salt intake, which were responsible for increasing hypertension. Therefore, it is urgently required for prevention and control of hypertension.