Distribution and Determinants of Hypertension in Field Practice Area of CMC&H Bungal Pathankot, Punjab, India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Blood pressure in a population follows Gaussian curve distribution with no real separation between normotension and hypertension. (1) Essential hypertension may be considered to be the result of interactions between genes and environment (2). Important environmental factors are obesity, smoking, family history, physical inactivity, dietary excess of sodium and fat, high income with sedentary habits, education, occupation etc. (3). Material and methods: Present study is a cross sectional one, conducted in field practice area of Chintpurni Medical College & Hospital Bungal, Pathankot (CMC & H), Punjab (India). Criteria of Hypertension were defined using JNC7. It defines hypertension as blood pressure more than 140/90 mm of Hg. The data was collected during the month of October 2014 Results: Illiterate v/s education 12-16 years, prevalence was 57.05 % and 23.52% respectively (p=.0001, highly significant). In our study prevalence among students was lowest 6.89% and the house wives highest 52.17% (p=.008, highly significant). Similarly, association with respect to education, occupation, monthly income, BMI, family history, table salt intake, non-vegetarian diet, smoking, etc. was highly significant (p <.01 at 99% CI).
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Puja Vimesh, Ramesh Chander, Shivani Mehta, Shyam Singh
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