Key result
Among adults in rural Bangladesh, the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension was 11.1%, and 54.9% of treated hypertensive patients had uncontrolled blood pressure.
Population
Adults in rural surveillance sites of Bangladesh in 2005
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports targeted screening in rural Bangladesh; hypothesis-generating for scalable interventions in similar low-resource settings.
Cross-Sectional
Yes
A significant proportion of adults in rural Bangladesh have undiagnosed or uncontrolled hypertension, emphasizing the need for improved screening and management.
Khanam et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension. Risk factors (age, BMI, wealth) was evaluated on Prevalence of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension. Among adults in rural Bangladesh, the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension was 11.1%, and 54.9% of treated hypertensive patients had uncontrolled blood pressure.
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