Why the study?
Does urban living compared to rural living increase the prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure levels in an elderly population?
Does urban living compared to rural living increase the prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure levels in an elderly population?
Urban elderly populations in North India have a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension and higher blood pressure levels compared to their rural counterparts, associated with factors like BMI, central obesity, and insulin levels.
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Urban residence may associate with higher elderly hypertension prevalence; leaves open causation versus confounding in this cross-sectional analysis.
Singh et al. (1997) studied this question.
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