News / Nation Xinhua 16:18 UTC+8, 2020-12-27 0
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects one in five Chinese people and kills more people than any other disease in the country, a leading cardiologist has warned. Xinhua 16:18 UTC+8, 2020-12-27 0
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects one in five Chinese people and kills more people than any other disease in the country, a leading cardiologist has warned. An estimated 300 million Chinese live with high blood pressure, with annual medical bills totaling 31.89 billion yuan (US$4.88 billion), said Hu Shengshou, head of China s National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases. The chronic condition has become a leading cause of death and disability in China,