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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among Adults in Rural Uttarakhand: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study

Vinita Thapliyal¹, Karuna Singh*¹, Anil Joshi²

¹Amity Institute of Food Technology, Amity University, Noida
²Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO)

Corresponding author Email: ksingh11@amity.edu

Abstract:

India is in a state of transition epidemiological, economic, and demographic and nutrition transition. And all these transitions are leading to non communicable diseases like obesity, hypertension and insulin resistance. The study was aimed to estimate the Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors among adults of rural Uttrakhand.
It is a cross sectional community based study. Survey was conducted in rural areas of Uttrakhand, to make a sample size of 300 adults (18-45yr), using WHO STEPS questionnaire. Waist Circumference, Blood pressure, Body Mass Index of the participants was calculated. P value < 0.05 was considered significant.
In the sample population based on systolic BP, 61.3% were non-hypertensive, 29.7% were pre-hypertensive and 9% were hypertensive. Based on diastolic BP, 43.3% were non-hypertensive, 32.7% were pre-hypertensive and 24% were hypertensive. Subjects with hypertension and pre-hypertension have higher BMI and waist circumference.
A high prevalence rate of pre-hypertension and hypertension was depicted in rural areas of Uttrakhand region.4.8% of the female participants had systolic high blood pressure compared to the 11.9% of the male participants. On the other hand, 21.8% of the female participants had diastolic high blood pressure compared to the over 25% of the male participants.

Keywords:

Cross Sectional; Prevalence; Rural Uttarakhand

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