Why the study?
The relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants on the burden of hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries was not well established.
Observational (n=138)
Yes
Higher GDP, increased health investment, and improved multidimensional poverty index are associated with a lower prevalence of hypertension in low- and middle-income countries.
Ecological links between unemployment, urbanization, and poverty with hypertension prevalence in LMICs leave open causal priorities; prospective studies required before policy action.
AIM: To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). METHODS: were used for correlation and linear regression analyses of eight socioeconomic predictors of hypertension: current health expenditure, domestic general government health expenditure per capita, GDP per capita, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, urban population, multidimensional poverty index, and total population. RESULTS: The median prevalence of age-standardised hypertension was 25.8% across the 138 countries, ranging from 13.7% in Peru to 33.4% in Niger. For every 10% increase in the unemployment rate, the prevalence of hypertension increased by 2.70%. For every 10% increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas, hypertension was reduced by 0.63%. CONCLUSIONS: The findings revealed that countries with high GDP, more investment in health and an improved multidimensional poverty index have a lower prevalence of hypertension.
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Abba et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=138). Socioeconomic determinants (unemployment, urbanization, GDP, health expenditure) was evaluated on Prevalence of age-standardised hypertension.
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