Key result
Hypertension prevalence reaches 36% in urban eastern India, tied to metabolic and lifestyle risk factors.
Why the study?
The prevalence and predictors of adult hypertension in an underdeveloped urban region of eastern India were not well characterized.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,178)
No
One-third of adults in an urban eastern Indian population have hypertension, driven by classical cardiovascular risk factors, highlighting the need for preventive interventions.
Warrants enhanced surveillance in similar urban Indian settings; extends descriptive epidemiology but leaves causal inference open.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hypertension and to identify predictors of adult hypertension specifically in an underdeveloped urban region of eastern India. STUDY DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study, with multi-stage random sampling technique. SETTINGS: A main urban city located in South Orissa in eastern India. PARTICIPANTS: 1178 adults 20-80 years of age randomly selected from 37 electoral wards of an urban locale. STATISTICAL METHODS: Descriptive and multivariable logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: The prevalence of hypertension was 36%. Significant predictors of hypertension were age, central obesity, inadequate fruit intake, diabetes, low high-density lipoprotein level and physical inactivity. CONCLUSIONS: One-third of the adults in this urban population of eastern India are reported to be hypertensive and the classical risk factors have been found to contribute to the increased burden, which reinforces the importance of preventive cardiovascular interventions in tackling this burden.
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Prasad et al. (2012) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=1,178). Risk factors (age, central obesity, inadequate fruit intake, diabetes, low HDL, physical inactivity) was evaluated on Prevalence of hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in an urban eastern Indian population was 36%, with age, central obesity, inadequate fruit intake, diabetes, low HDL, and physical inactivity as significant predictors.
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