BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) --
China has more than 330 million people
with high blood pressure and one
out of every three adults has
hypertension, Professor Liu Lisheng,
president of the World Hypertension
League, said on Sunday.
The
prevalence rate for hypertension in
Chinese men between the ages of 25
and 34 has surpassed 20 percent, indicating
that hypertension mainly occurs among
China's young people, Liu said,
citing a report released by the
Chinese Center for Disease Control and
Prevention.
However, most people
have poor awareness of the danger
of high blood pressure, with about 130
million people unaware that they have
the condition and 75 percent of
hypertension patients not receiving proper
treatment, Liu added.
Liu said
people should cultivate good habits to
combat high blood pressure, including
eating less salt, losing weight and
quitting smoking.
