Recent studies on hypertension prevalence and control in India 2023

Consider hypertension risk factors once again

“…Aida et al examined the relationship between income and blood pressure using data from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan, and found that the lowest income group had 15.3% more hypertension than the highest income group in men and 18.7% in women, and the effects of lifestyle habits such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity were considered [2]. In a similar report, Gupta et al looked at the incidence of hypertension in India by region and attributed the increase in hypertension among the younger generation in the less developed rural areas to a lack of knowledge and adequate treatment for hypertension via inequalities [3]. Using data on 920,000 individuals from the Japan Health Insurance Association, Mori et al examined the association between excessive antihypertensive treatment and cardiovascular events in patients at low risk for cardiovascular disease and reported that the incidence of events increases when diastolic blood pressure falls below 60 mmHg, sounding the alarm against excessive diastolic blood pressure reduction [4].…”