title: Primary prevention of hypertension in India.
abstract: Hypertension is a major public health problem in India. Due to the diversity and a wide heterogeneity of population distributions, it is difficult to give a precise prevalence but hypertension is the commonest cardiovascular disorder in India. Several studies in the past mostly taking the World Health Organization (WHO) cut off figures of > 160/95 mm Hg in adults have reported prevalence rates varying from 3.5 to 6.5% in adults, the figures for rural populations being lower than the urban. The latest figures, however, taking > 140/90 mm Hg as the cut off line, give much higher prevalence rates both for the rural and urban communities, the gradient from urban to rural being still maintained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wasir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors