Prevalence of abnormal ankle brachial index in Xinjiang adult population / 中华心血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of abnormal ankle brachial index(ABI) in Xinjiang adult population.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Random samples maternal age 35 and over were used to analyze the prevalence and distributing feature of self-reported abnormal ABI among different nationality in 7 municipalities and locality and 26 community and autonomous county in Xinjiang.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 14 618 adults were surveyed. The prevalence of abnormal ABI was 1.26%. The prevalence of abnormal ABI was 3.56%, 7.05% and 5.79% in Han, Uygur and Hazakh population, respectively. Incidence of abnormal ABI was significantly higher in females than in males (6.65% vs 3.74%, χ(2) = 58.79, P = 0.00). Gender, nationality, systolic blood pressure, body mass index were independent predictors for abnormal ABI.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The results of this study showed higher prevalence rate of abnormal ABI, especially in females, in Xinjiang. Nationality and gender are predictors for abnormal ABI.</p>