Prevalence of hypertension in Bangladesh: effect of socioeconomic risk factor on difference between rural and urban community.
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2002-04-18
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Several studies reported that migrant Bangladeshis had greater risk for hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease compared with the Europeans and other migrant South Asians. So far, there has been no such study among the native population. This paper reports the hypertension prevalence and related risks among native Bangladeshis. A total of 2,361 subjects over 20 years of age were investigated. Overall prevalence rates of systolic and diastolic hypertension in the study population were 14.4 and 9.1 percent respectively. The prevalence of systolic hypertension was significantly higher in rural than in urban participants (P < 0.001). Compared with the poor the rich class had significantly higher prevalence of both systolic (P = 0.002) and diastolic (P = 0.041) hypertension. With increase of age, body mass index (BMI) and blood glucose level were significantly related to hypertension (P < 0.0001); whereas the trend for increasing waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), adjusting for social class, was not significant. Regression analysis showed that age, BMI, rural area and rich class were the strong predictors for hypertension. This study explored that hypertension prevalence in the native Bangladeshis is almost comparable to that of other Asian populations and South Asian migrants.
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Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin.
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Sayeed MA, Banu A, Haq JA, Khanam PA, Mahtab H, Azad Khan AK. Prevalence of hypertension in Bangladesh: effect of socioeconomic risk factor on difference between rural and urban community. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin. 2002 Apr; 28(1): 7-18