Epidemiology and Etiology of Dilated Cardiomyopathy / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the etiology and relative factors of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Methods A total of 233 DCM patients were enrolled and conducted epidemiological survey. Stable angina patients in the same region were collected as control group. The epidemiological investigation included life styles and history of diseases; blood pressure, electrocardiogram and echocardiography; serum lipids, glucose, hs-CRP, cTNI and NT-proBNP. Results The prevalence rate of DCM was 29.1 per 100 000 population, the male being almost 2-fold more involved than female, and farmers accounted for 77.7%. Familial clustering was not obvious. There were low level of history of hypertension (12.4%), ischemic heart disease (2.1%), myocarditis (5.2%) and diabetes (3.4%). Compared with control group, DCM patients had higher proportion of farmer (60.0% vs 77.7%, P