Prevalence of pre-hypertension and its relationship with body mass index among the medical students of Agartala government medical college

A Study of Lipid Profile, Bmi, Prehypertension and Intima Media Thickness in Medical Students of Coastal Andhra Pradesh

“…(10) As per other studies, increase in blood pressure above normal is associated with accelerated hypertension. In our study, the prevalence of pre-hypertension was 40% in male students and 34% in female students, which is similar to the study of Debbarma et al, Mohit Shali et al (12,13,14) As per our study, it is observed that among prehypertensive students, 64% of them have family history of hypertension and among normotensive students it was 10% which is same as per study of Wu JS and Lu FH et al (15,16) WHR was found to be normal in 60% of the male and 65% of the female students, which was similar to the study of other authors. (17) In our study, it is found that in pre-hypertensive patients LDL-C was borderline in 70% of male and 70% of female and in 20% of then it was high.…”

A cross-sectional study on pre-hypertension & its association with anthropometric indices among undergraduate medical students in Andhra Pradesh, India

“…To tackle the growing epidemic of HTN, assessment of the prevalence of pre-HTN in any community warrants utmost priority owing to its associated risk of developing HTN3. Relatively, lower prevalence (15.9%) of pre-HTN was noted in our study similar to the findings from Kolkata (19.18%)13 but in contrast to studies conducted among medical undergraduates within Andhra Pradesh (37.45%)14, Agartala (45%)15, Chennai (46.7%)16 and Karnataka (55.4%)17. Prevalence of pre-HTN was higher among males as was observed by other researchers61516 also.…”

Prehypertension and psychosocial risk factors among university students in ASEAN countries

“…Regarding weight variables, being underweight was protective and being obese increased the odds of having prehypertension. The association between overweight/obesity and prehypertension and hypertension has been confirmed in a number of studies [ 7 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 ]. Further, having once or more times soft drinks in a day increased the odds of prehypertension and moderate consumption of chocolate or candy (1–6 times a week) was protective of prehypertension.…”

“…For example, in Malaysia the prevalence of prehypertension among university students was found to be 30.1% [ 8 ] to 42.9% [ 9 ], in the Philippines 13.9% [ 10 ] and in Thailand 44.5% [ 11 ]. Among Indian medical students a prehypertension prevalence rate of 45% [ 12 ] and in another study among male undergraduate students in India 55.1% [ 13 ] was found. Studies among university students in the Middle East found a prehypertension prevalence of 47.4% in Egypt [ 14 ], 39.5% in Kuwait [ 15 ], and 13.5% among females in Saudi Arabia [ 16 ].…”

“…Psychosocial risk factors associated with prehypertension or hypertension among university students and general adult population may include sociodemographics such as male gender [ 15 , 17 ], nutrition variables such as Body Mass Index (BMI) overweight/obesity [ 7 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 ], excess sodium intake [ 7 , 20 ], inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables [ 13 , 20 ], and health risk behaviour variables such as physical inactivity [ 20 , 21 ], substance use, including smoking [ 15 , 22 ], heavy alcohol use [ 23 , 24 ] and short sleep duration [ 23 , 25 , 26 ]. Psychosocial stress and support may include depression [ 8 , 27 , 28 ], posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [ 29 ], low life satisfaction [ 30 ], and lack of social support [ 25 , 31 , 32 ].…”