1高血压的重要性心血管病引起的死亡占全球总死亡的1/3,是全球疾病负担不断增长的主要原因之一[1]。据WHO报道,多数心血管病死亡发生在经济不发达的国家,其中很大一部分来自于我国[2]。1994年,我国心血管病的死亡约占总死亡的40%,过去几十年我国心血管病的发病和死亡呈不断上升 1 The Importance of Hypertension Cardiovascular deaths account for one-third of the global total, one of the major causes of the growing global burden of disease [1]. According to the WHO, the majority of cardiovascular deaths occur in economically underdeveloped countries, a large proportion of them from China [2]. In 1994, cardiovascular deaths in China accounted for about 40% of the total deaths. The incidence and death of cardiovascular diseases in our country have been on the rise for the past few decades