Comparative study of chronic heart failure epidemiology between Uighur and Han nationality patients / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate chronic heart failure (CHF) cause distribution and prognosis in Uighur and Han nationality CHF patients in order to provide evidence for prevention and treatment of CHF. Methods: The data of 280 Uighur nationality CHF inpatients of department of cardiology in Kashi Area Second People’s Hospital, and 266 Han nationality CHF inpatients of department of cardiology in Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital from Aug 2011 to Aug 2012 were collected; Those patients were followed up six months. The onset age, gender, primary diseases, exciting cause, NYHA cardiac function class, complications and therapeutic outcome etc. were compared between CHF patients of two nationalities. Results: Mean age of Uighur nationality was (59.5±14.7) years and significant lower than that of Han nationality (76.2±11.4) years, P0.05 both. Conclusion: Compared with Han nationality, the onset age is significant lower, percentage of young and middle-aged HF is significant higher in Uighur nationality;, CHD percentage of Uighur nationality is lower than that of Han nationality, but percentage of rheumatic heart disease in Uighur nationality is significant higher than that of Han nationality; incidence of infection in Uighur nationality is significant higher than that of Han nationality.