A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG URBAN ADULT POPULATION OF SHIMOGA.
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 18
Abstract
[b]BACKGROUND:[/b] Hypertension is one of the very important public health problems our country is facing today, which is usually asymptomatic, readily detectable, having preventable risk factors and often leads to lethal complications if left untreated. [b]OBJECTIVES: [/b]To find out the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors. [b]METHODS: [/b]This cross sectional study was conducted in an urban locality, Shimoga city of Karnataka. The sample size was 600 in the age group of 25-64years. Simple random sampling method was used for selecting households and one member from each household was selected. Risk factors were recorded. In this study Joint National Committee (JNC) criteria was used to define and classify hypertension. [b]RESULTS[/b]: The prevalence of hypertension was 25.83 % with 95% CI: 24.4%-31.3% (Male: 27.3% & Female: 24.36%) The independent risk factors of hypertension were age (OR-1.07), extra salt intake (OR-2.15), high body mass index (OR-2.09), high waist circumference (OR-1.55), and low physical activity (OR- 2.68). [b]CONCLUSION: [/b]As the prevalence of hypertension was high in the study area and its association with various risk factors here it is necessary to increase the public awareness about early hypertension detection and care. A multiple integrated approach is needed to detect, treat and prevent hypertension effectively at an incipient stage
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Mahendrappa S. K, Satyanarayana T. B
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