Objective To discuss the relations between age

gender

physical components of faculty members in universities and the morbidity of hypertension

and to provide a basis for the hypertension prevention and health care for faculty members.Method The gender and age of 592 faculty members in a certain university were investigated and their body mass index（BMI）

visceral fat cross-sectional area（VFA） index and body fat rate were measured

the relation thereof to the detection rate of hypertension was analyzed.Results The hypertension detection rate in this group was 13.34%

wherein the hypertension detection rate for males（20.95%） was higher than that for females（4.69%）（P<0.01）;the hypertension detection rate increased with the increase of age

BMI and VFA

and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05 or P<0.01）;the hypertension detection rate has an increasing tendency with the increase of body fat rate

except that there was no statistical difference between moderate obesity and severe obesity

the difference between the left ones was statistically significant（P<0.01）.Conclusion The morbidity of hypertension is probably related to gender

age and physical components.Health education related to hypertension should be strengthened

healthy life style of faculty members should be promoted and their weight should be limited to a proper range so as to prevent the hypertension.