Characteristics of High Risk People with Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Rural Areas: Clinical Indictors, Disease Patterns and Drug Treatment

Current cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention is based on diagnosis and treatment of specific disease

Abstract

Little is known for high risk people with CVD at the community level. In rural China, health records of all residents were established after the recent health reforms. This study aims to describe the characters of the rural population with high CVD risk regarding their clinical indicators, disease patterns, drug treatment and adherence.

This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s COMDIS–HSD Programme which is led by the University of Leeds

Citation

Wei XiaoLin; Zou GuanYang; Jia Yin; Walley, J.; Biao Zhou; Yu YunXian; Tian LinWei; Kun Chen. Characteristics of High Risk People with Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Rural Areas: Clinical Indictors, Disease Patterns and Drug Treatment. PLoS ONE (2013) 8 (1) e54169. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054169]

Characteristics of High Risk People with Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Rural Areas: Clinical Indictors, Disease Patterns and Drug Treatment

Published 18 January 2013