What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension in urban and rural Indian populations.

March 12, 2014Journal of HypertensionOpen Access

Hypertension in India

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Population

Urban and rural Indian population

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RARaghupathy AnchalaIndian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar NKNanda Kishore KannuriUniversity of Hyderabad RPRashmi PantThe George Institute for Global Health

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Implication

Highlights unmet needs in hypertension management across India; leaves open optimal strategies to close awareness and control gaps.

Key Points

To evaluate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of hypertension in urban and rural Indian populations.
Assessed population-level epidemiological data comparing urban and rural residents across India for hypertension metrics.
Hypertension prevalence is 33% in urban areas and 25% in rural areas.
Awareness of hypertensive status is 42% in urban and 25% in rural individuals, with treatment rates of 38% and 25%, respectively.
Blood pressure control is achieved in only 20% (one-fifth) of urban and 10% (one-tenth) of rural hypertensive individuals.

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Population

Urban and rural Indian population

Outcome

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension

There is a high prevalence of hypertension in India coupled with alarmingly low rates of awareness, treatment, and blood pressure control, particularly in rural areas.

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Anchala et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5706775589c71d767db59 https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000000146

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Hypertension management

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