Is higher socioeconomic status associated with an increased likelihood of hypertension mediated by body mass index in Nepal?
Higher socioeconomic status is associated with an increased risk of hypertension in Nepal, an effect that is mediated by body mass index.
The higher SES was positively associated with the higher likelihood of having hypertension in Nepal according to both JNC7 and ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines. These associations were mediated by BMI, which may help to explain broader socioeconomic differentials in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related risk factors, particularly in terms of education and wealth. Our study suggests that the mediating factor of BMI should be tackled to diminish the risk of CVD in people with higher SES in LMICs.
Rana et al. (Mon,) studied this question.