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Hypertension in India
Journal of Hypertension · 2014 · Vol. 32(6) · pp. 1170–1177
Raghupathy Anchala✉(Institute of Public Health)Nanda Kishore Kannuri(Public Health Foundation)Rashmi Pant(Public Health Foundation)Hassan Khan(Department of Public Health)Oscar H. Franco(Erasmus University Rotterdam)Emanuele Di Angelantonio(Department of Public Health)Dorairaj Prabhakaran(Centre for Chronic Disease Control)
Abstract
About 33% urban and 25% rural Indians are hypertensive. Of these, 25% rural and 42% urban Indians are aware of their hypertensive status. Only 25% rural and 38% of urban Indians are being treated for hypertension. One-tenth of rural and one-fifth of urban Indian hypertensive population have their BP under control.
Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesObesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicineConfidence intervalScopusBlood pressureRural areaPrevalenceDemographyEpidemiologyMEDLINETraditional medicine
MeSH terms
Attitude to HealthBlood PressureGeographyHumansHypertensionIndiaRisk FactorsRural PopulationUrban PopulationReproducibility of ResultsPrevalenceAsian People
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