By the Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Ruijin Hospital and chronic disease prevention and control centers to conduct research on the central China Chinese human cardiovascular health cooperation in 2010, access to more than 96,000 Chinese adults nationally representative data.

Research shows that Chinese people seven indicators of cardiovascular health have reached the desired level of only 0.2%, of which 0.1% for men and women was 0.4%. Overall, the Chinese adult males usually have 3-4 indicators to achieve the desired level, while adult women usually 4-5 indicators have reached the desired level.

Ruijin Hospital, vice president in charge of research, Professor Guang Ning of Xinhua News Agency, told reporters: "These data show that the Chinese people (cardiovascular health) situation is not satisfactory, that we need to vigorously promote a healthy lifestyle."

Guang Ning pointed out that quitting smoking is now China's most unhealthy lifestyles need to be addressed, especially in the vast rural areas; then to be solved is to reduce salt intake, limit high-fat high-salt diet, and encourage people to increase exercise.

Bi Yufang first author acknowledges that all seven indicators all standards "really difficult to achieve" ideal cardiovascular health of European countries the proportion is low, less than 1% of the United States, and Spain with a similar Chinese data, was 0.2%.

The researchers recommended the establishment of a national monitoring network with chronic metabolic diseases, in order to understand the health status of the people, and the establishment of the National Committee of Experts chronic metabolic diseases, make recommendations to the Government, presented to the public health guidance.