Objective To have knowledge about the prevalence status of hypertension in teachers and staff members of universities and problems existed in the management so as to provide a basis for hypertension prevention and control.Method Hypertension was examined through health examination

awareness rate of relevant knowledge about hypertension

treatment rate and control rate of hypertension were investigated

and the results were statistically analyzed.Results A total of 377 cases of patients with hypertension were detected through this physical examination with a prevalence rate of 23.57%.Respective prevalence rate in the male and female were 26.11% and 18.88%;prevalence rate in groups consisted of elderly patients and young and middle-aged patients were 49.25% and 12.92% respectively

and the differences were statistically significant（p<0.01）.Awareness rate of relevant knowledge about hypertension in groups with elderly patients and young and middle-aged patients were 80.08% and 50.00%

treatment rate were 76.19% and 31.50% and control rate were 30.03% and 12.32% respectively

and differences in patients between the two groups were statistically significant（p<0.05）.Conclusion Prevalence rate of hypertension in teachers and staff members of universities is relatively high

which in the male is higher than the female and in the group with elderly patients is higher than the group with young and middle-aged patients.Popularization of relevant knowledge

treatment and control

and management level of hypertension all await improvement.