Rehanullah Khan|Christine P. Stewart|Parul Christian|Kerry Schulze|Lee Wu|Steven C. LeClerq|Subarna K. Khatry|Keith P. West
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in rural Nepali women
University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University|Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University|Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University|Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University|Bloomberg (United States)|Johns Hopkins University
abstract background prevalence hypertension increasing much south asian region including nepal paper reports prevalence risk factors hypertension prehypertension among adult women rural community nepal methods crosssectional data socioeconomic status ses lifestyle factors blood pressure bp collected cohort 15934 women rural nepal 200608 among subsample n 1679 anthropometry biomarkers cardiovascular risk measured results mean age women 342 years range 164712 years three percent 33 hypertension 144 prehypertension adjusted analysis lower ses especially lower household farm assets storage food long term consumption associated increased odds hypertension 114 midlevel ses 140 low ses p trend lt 001 smoking alcohol use working outside home also associated higher risk subsample systolic bp sbp diastolic bp dbp positively associated high triglycerides sbp 41 mm hg dbp 36 mm hg high hba1c sbp 140 dbp 92 raised fasting glucose sbp 100 dbp 69 high bmi sbp 67 dbp 51 high waist circumference sbp 62 dbp 53 adjusting potential confounders p lt001 conclusions although prevalence hypertension low cohort prevalent among poorer women strongly associated cardiovascular risks associations relatively young age may confer greater risk cardiovascular disease among women later life indicating need interventions reduce progression prehypertension hypertension