Physical Inactivity and Its Association with Hypertension in Adult Female Population of Srinagar, India: a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Prevalence of physical inactivity is rising in many coun-tries including the developing coun-tries like India, with major implica-tions for the general health of peo-ple.This study was carried out with an objective to find the prevalence of Physical inactivity and its associa-tion with Hypertension in adult fe-male population of district Srinagar. Methods: A cross-sectional com-munity-based study was carried out among 800 female subjects of age group >18 years during September 2017 to February 2018. Multi stage random sampling method was used and Hypertension was classi-fied as per the 2017 guideline (up-dated JNC 7). Physical Activity was measured using IPAQ short form. Results: Prevalence of Physical In-activity of 50.2%. Overall prevalence of Hypertension was 65.1% (Stage1=38.6% and Stage2=26.5). There was a linear positive correla-tion between Age with Diastolic Blood Pressure and Systolic Blood Pressure.The bivariate logistic re-gression indicated that risk of Phys-ical inactivity increased with in-creasing age, marital and blood pressure status after adjusting for the effect of other variables in the model. Conclusions: This study demon-strated that there is high prevalence of physical inactivity among adult women population of Srinagar which has a strong association with Hypertension.
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Abdul Rouf, Mahbooba Rasool, Mohammad Salim Khan, Mohd Saleem Sheikh
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