Why the study?
Hypertension is a major global cardiovascular burden with family history as a recognized nonmodifiable risk factor, but its prevalence and associations with other risk factors needed evaluation.
Population
423 hypertensive patients visiting the general outpatient department of Shree Birendra Hospital
Comparison
Hypertensive patients with vs without a family history of hypertension
Design
Descriptive cross-sectional study
Authors
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Family history associations with age, sex, and occupation in hypertensives are hypothesis-generating; prospective studies needed before changing screening.
Family history is present in nearly a third of hypertensive patients and is significantly associated with older age and female sex, suggesting its utility for targeted screening of undiagnosed cases.
KC et al. (2023) studied this question.
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