Hypertension among Young Adults in the Shopping Malls of Kathmandu

Shakya, Sujata; Timilsina, M; Timilsina, K; Lamsal, Mahesh; Dhakal, Sarmila; Neupane, Pushpa

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“…Reddy et al from Karnataka [22] also reported 7.2% prevalence of hypertension among 18 to 25 years young adults. Shakya et al [23] reported rather high prevalence of hypertension from the Mall attending young adults of Nepal. However, the socioeconomic consumption is associated with higher levels of blood pressure [27][28][29].…”

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High prevalence of hypertension and its selected risk factors among adult tribal population in Central India

Chakma

Kavishwar

Sharma

et al. 2017

Pathogens and Global Health

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A community based cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors like salt intake, 24-h urinary sodium excretion and body mass index (BMI) among tribal population of Mandla District, Central India. A total of 3090 individuals, from 1258 house hold drawn from 33 sampled villages and 12 urban wards were studied for blood pressure measurements and clinical examination, while 414 urine samples were collected for estimation of 24-h sodium excretion. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to assess the associations of BMI, urinary sodium output and other risk factors with hypertension. Across the sample, 28.2% of males and 23.6% of females had either stage-I or stage-II hypertension. More than 8% of subjects <30 years were hypertensive. The prevalence of hypertension shows a strong association with the increase in BMI and tribals with BMI > 25 were considerably more to have high blood pressure. Salt intake is directly related to the hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was significantly greater among those whose salt intake was more than 10 g per day. A positive association between urine sodium excretion and blood pressure was observed. The results of the present study show that the tribal population is also affected by the life style diseases at par with the non-tribal population.

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High prevalence of hypertension and its selected risk factors among adult tribal population in Central India

Chakma

Kavishwar

Sharma

et al. 2017

Pathogens and Global Health

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“…The prevalence of prehypertension in the present study is similar to the 30% prevalence reported from a study done among young adults in a shopping mall of Kathmandu, Nepal. 12 In a cross sectional study done in adults of 18 years and above living in Central Development region of Nepal, hypertensive subjects were found to be 22.4% and prehypertensive subjects were more than double the hypertensives (48%). 13 A systematic review and metaanalysis done in a large population of urban, suburban, and rural areas of Nepal found the prevalence of prehypertension to be 35.4%.…”

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Prevalence of Prehypertension and Its Association With Body Mass Index Among the Medical Students

Bhaila

Shakya²,

Nepal³

et al. 2021

JCMC

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Background: Prehypertension in adolescents is an important risk for developing hypertension in later years of life. Hypertension is one of the major cardiovascular problems in urban and suburban areas of Nepal and is increasing among the young population. There are not many studies reported in Nepal which estimates the prevalence of hypertension among medical students. Hence, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of prehypertension and its association with body mass index so that it would assist in developing strategies for control of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases in later years of life Methods: This cross-sectional study included 250 medical students. Anthropometric variables of the subjects were recorded. Height and weight were measured on calibrated scales and body mass index was calculated. Waist and hip measurements were obtained and waist-hip ratio was calculated. Blood pressure was measured with a mercury sphygmomanometer. The data obtained was divided into different groups according to blood pressure and BMI. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test was used for presenting data and testing the significance and P<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of normotensive, prehypertensive and hypertensive students was found to be 75.2%, 20.8% and 4% respectively. Mean BMI was found to be 21.59±3.39. In general, 75.2% of the students had ideal waist hip ratio, 15.2% were underweight, 70 % had normal weight, 12 % were overweight, and 2.8% were found to be obese. Moreover, 51.4% of prehypertensives had BMI more than 25. Prehypertension was significantly higher among males (χ2=16.385, p<0.001) and among the obese medical students (χ2=16.416,p<0.001). Conclusions: Prehypertension is prevalent in about a third of medical students and BMI is found to be significantly associated with pre-hypertension.

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“…The data is higher in compare to the 7th Report of the JNC on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure which stated it was approximately 30 percent 2 and is much less than a study of Dhulikhel that showed 69.9% of hypertensive were unaware of their hypertensive status 14 and almost similar (39.1%) to a study of city malls in Kathmandu that showed only 39.13%. 18 Out of 112 participants who have never checked BP in last 12 months, 24 (11.2%) have hypertension and did not know about their hypertensive state and who responded as they are hypertensive (163 participants), 100 (61.3%) had responded they are currently on allopathic medication. However medication history was collected on basis of the information provided by the participants without further verification.…”

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Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension among Adults and its Related Risk Factors

Maharjan¹

2018

J Nepal Health Res Council

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Background: Hypertension is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Various studies conducted in the world showed high prevalence of hypertension, which is in increasing trend in Nepal also. The aim of this study was to assess hypertension status and risk behaviours among adult population in Kirtipur Municipality. Methods:A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among 580 adults of age 20 -59 from December 2015 to April 2016. Data was collected by observation method to determine hypertension prevalence and Body Mass Index. Questionnaire was used to assess exposure to the risk factors.Results: Among all hypertension prevalence was 37.0% (215 out of 580). The prevalence was 41.6% (110 out of 264) among male and 32.2% (105 out of 316) among female (P <0.03 at 95% CI). Among 215 hypertensives, 37.2% were not aware about themselves having hypertension. Within last 12 months, 453 (78.1%) participants had checked their blood pressure. Proportion of hypertension was increasing with higher BMI and advancing age. Among all, 136 (23.7%) were current smokers, and 58.1% among them had hypertension. Conclusions:This study indicated that hypertension prevalence was high among adults in Kirtipur municipality. Prevalence of smoking was also high, and among them hypertension prevalence was very high. About one-third participants with hypertension were not aware that they had hypertension. Habit of doing regular physical exercise was very low.

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Hypertension among Young Adults in the Shopping Malls of Kathmandu

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High prevalence of hypertension and its selected risk factors among adult tribal population in Central India

High prevalence of hypertension and its selected risk factors among adult tribal population in Central India

Prevalence of Prehypertension and Its Association With Body Mass Index Among the Medical Students

Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension among Adults and its Related Risk Factors

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