A Study of Clinico-Demographic Associates and Anthropometric Predictor of Hypertension in Urban Central India
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Objectives: The present study of hypertension and its association with demographic variables, physical activity, family history, co-morbidities namely diabetes mellitus and stroke, was conducted utilizing most appropriate methods of survey and analysis as per the scientific requirement for the study. Methodology: Community Based- Cross-Sectional survey in urban agglomeration of a central Indian city conducted for the period of 1 year. The adult population (20 years and above) who were residing under the premises of Municipal Corporation was considered as Target Population. Multistage Cluster sampling method supplemented by PPS (Probability Proportion to Size) sampling. The final sample calculated was size = 1350; 30 person per cluster in a total of 45 clusters. Results: The mean age of study participants was 43.8 (42.8-44.8 at 95% CI) years and mean age of Hypertensive participants was 53.9 (52.6-55.3) years at 95% CI. 11.04% (9.47-12.82 at 95% CI) of study participants were suffering from Diabetes Mellitus and proportion of person with stroke and hypertension as co-morbidity at 5.48% (3.97-7.51 at 95% CI). Conclusions: Multivariate analysis using Logistic Regression; Age, Family history, Physical Activity, Diabetes and stroke as they were the significant variable from the uni-variate analysis associate in the hypertension.
Authors and Affiliations
Saket Kale, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Mohan Shinde, Ankur Joshi, Nivedita Kale
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- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.4.290-295
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