PREVALENCE OF PREHYPERTENSION AND ASSOCIATED MAJOR BEHAVIOURAL RISK FACTORS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF BANKURA DISTRICT IN WEST BENGAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 35
Abstract
: In 2003, the seventh report of the Joint National Committee (JNC 7) proposed the term Prehypertension for elevated blood pressure values below 140/90 mm of Hg to more accurately justify the tendency of blood pressure to rise with age.1 Prehypertension is considered as a precursor of clinical hypertension which in turn has emerged as a major health problem. The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of Prehypertension as well as to find out major behavioural risk factors associated with Prehypertension among the study population. It was a community based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in rural field practice area of Community Medicine Department of BSMC in Bankura district from February to April 2014 among the permanent resident young adults (age 18-35 years) of Descriptive analysis, chi- square and from the 2x2 (contingency) table OR were calculated. Prehypertension was found to be 43%. The proportion of pre hypertensives was much higher in the male subjects (60.2%) compared to the females (39.8%). Age, alcohol intake, tobacco use, extra salt intake and physical activity were significantly related with Prehypertension but physical exercise, BMI and were not significantly related to it in this study. Prevalence of Prehypertension was found to be substantially high in rural area of Bankura District. Lifestyle modifications can achieve a downward shift in the overall blood pressure, thus reducing the risk of Prehypertension and cardiovascular disease.
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Eashin Gazi, Anand Acharya, Koushik Ghosh, Aditya Prasad Sarkar, Sritanu Jana, Arindam De
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/740
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