Healthy lifestyle knowledge and age at hypertension diagnosis: a primary health care based survey in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between knowledge of healthy lifestyles and the age of hypertension diagnosis among hypertensive individuals within Bangladeshi rural population. This cross-section study was conducted among hypertensive adults (18-80 years) in a rural population. We obtained data from 3600 adults with hypertension from 40 randomly selected community pharmacies. We gathered data on demographics, health knowledge, and measured vital signs, including hypertension diagnosis year. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to identify the lifestyle and knowledge factors about hypertension with the age of diagnosis of hypertension. The mean age of hypertension diagnosis was 45.84 years. The mean age of hypertension diagnosis of male participants was higher than female

SUBMITTER: Islam MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12151846 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature