Prevalence and risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in a Zhuang ethnic minority area in China.

Aim: Numerous studies have examined and reported a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population in various countries including China. However, the situation may be different in undeveloped rural minority regions in China because of China's economic diversity. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of CKD and to analyze its associated factors in a Zhuang ethnic minority area in Southwest China.

[An epidemiology study on hypertension in the Zhuang nationality village from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region].

Objective: To observe the risk factors and prevalence status of hypertension at the Guangxi Zhuang-rural region.

Methods: Through cross-sectional survey, Xinlan village (Ethnic-Zhuang tribe village) in Liangqing District of Nanning was chosen as survey site. Select Zhuang-ethnic villagers (age ≥ 18 years, living time ≥ 6 months per year) as survey subjects.