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January 1, 2018Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareOpen Access

Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and associated risk factors among geriatric population living in a high-altitude region of rural Uttarakhand, India

Umesh Kapil Ritika Khandelwal Lakshmy Ramakrishnan Preetika Khenduja Aakriti Gupta Ravindra Mohan Pandey Ashish Datt Upadhyay Ravi Shankar Belwal

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Population

Geriatric population living in a high-altitude region of rural Uttarakhand, India

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Outcome

Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and associated risk factors

There is a high prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among the geriatric population in high-altitude rural Uttarakhand, India.

Implication

May support targeted screening in rural elderly; leaves open need for longitudinal studies to guide interventions.

Abstract

A high prevalence of HTN and DM was found in geriatric population residing in rural area of Uttarakhand.

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Kapil et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de7532210a0977fce943ff https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_108_18

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