Prevalence and predictors of adult hypertension in an urban eastern Indian population.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of hypertension and to identify predictors of adult hypertension specifically in an underdeveloped urban region of eastern India.


METHODS
Population-based cross-sectional study, with multi-stage random sampling technique.


METHODS
A main urban city located in South Orissa in eastern India.


METHODS
1178 adults 20-80 years of age randomly selected from 37 electoral wards of an urban locale.


METHODS
Descriptive and multivariable logistic regression analyses.


RESULTS
The prevalence of hypertension was 36%. Significant predictors of hypertension were age, central obesity, inadequate fruit intake, diabetes, low high-density lipoprotein level and physical inactivity.


CONCLUSIONS
One-third of the adults in this urban population of eastern India are reported to be hypertensive and the classical risk factors have been found to contribute to the increased burden, which reinforces the importance of preventive cardiovascular interventions in tackling this burden.
Sudhir Heart Centre, Berhampur, Orissa, India.
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Prasad
Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society, Dublin, Ireland.
Zubair
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Kabir
Department of Pathology, M.K.C.G Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, Orissa, India.
Ashok K
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Dash
Department of Community Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India.
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Das
Risk factors; coronary artery disease; diabetic heart disease; epidemiology; hypertension; lipids; pre-hypertension; prevalence; public health; smoking; statins