Devika Bhatt|Shashi Sharma|Ruchika Gupta|Dhirendra N Sinha|Ravi Mehrotra
Predictors of Hypertension among Nonpregnant Females Attending Health Promotion Clinic with Special Emphasis on Smokeless Tobacco: A Cross-Sectional Study
National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research|National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research|National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research|National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research|National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research
aim determine predictors hypertension among nonpregnant females attending health promotion clinic design setting crosssectional study conducted march june 2016 national institute cancer prevention research india methods study included 319 nonpregnant females age 2070 years demographics age literacy income noted history regarding use frequency quantity smokeless tobacco taken height weight blood pressure measured body mass index calculated statistical analysis pearsons productmoment correlation coefficient calculated variables age smokeless tobacco consumption body mass index versus systolic diastolic blood pressure respectively linear well multiple linear regression analysis employed identify risk factors hypertension results univariate linear regression analysis showed age smokeless tobacco consumption body mass index associated systolic blood pressure mmlmath xmlnsmmlhttpwwww3org1998mathmathml idm1mmlmrowmmlmipmmlmimmlmrowmmlmath value lt 0001 diastolic blood pressure high body mass index predictor multiple linear regression analysis showed systolic diastolic hypertension associated high body mass index low level education moreover systolic hypertension associated higher age smokeless tobacco use conclusion health promotion requires control body mass index smokeless tobacco cessation preventing hypertension complications