State-Level Variations in Hypertension Management and Cardiovascular Disease Risks in India: Public Spending on Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the within- and between-states inequality in hypertension management and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk across sociodemographic groups in India and the correlation between states/UTs expenditure on health, hypertension management, and CVD risk.

Methods

This study utilized cross-sectional data from 2017/2018 Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), with a total sample of 58,848 respondents aged ≥45 years. Hypertension management was assessed based on hypertension awareness, treatment, and control, while 10-year CVD risk was measured using the 2019 WHO CVD risk. We used multilevel logistic regression models to estimate the socioeconomic inequality in hypertension management and 10-year CVD risk, measured by the relative index of inequali

SUBMITTER: Anindya K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12788826 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature