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May 15, 2014Asian Journal of Medical SciencesOpen Access

The prevalence and associated cardiovascular risk factors in resistant hypertensive subjects in Eastern India

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Why the study?

What is the prevalence and what are the associated cardiovascular risk factors of resistant hypertension among hypertensive patients in Eastern India?

Population

300 hypertensive patients attending a Hypertension Clinic at Burdwan Medical College and hospital, West…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

PMPijush Kanti MandalADArpan Kumar DaySPSubhraprakash Pramanik

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Overview

May inform risk stratification in Eastern Indian clinics; leaves open causal links and therapeutic implications.

Structured PICO

What is the prevalence and what are the associated cardiovascular risk factors of resistant hypertension among hypertensive patients in Eastern India?

P
Population
300 hypertensive patients attending a Hypertension Clinic at Burdwan Medical College and hospital, West Bengal, India
C
Comparator
Patients with non-resistant hypertension
O
Outcome
Prevalence of resistant hypertension and associated cardiovascular risk factors

Nearly one-fourth of hypertensive patients in an Eastern Indian clinic had resistant hypertension, which was strongly associated with older age, obesity, diabetes, prolonged hypertension, and ischemic heart disease.

Cite This Study

Mandal et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89d0dba90c2f4c44fba9eehttps://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i4.9737
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