Relationship between hypertension, diabetes and proteinuria in rural and urban households in Yemen.

ABSTRACT: Little information is available on the meanings of proteinuria in low-resource settings. A population-based, cross-sectional survey was performed in Yemen on 10 242 subjects aged 15-69 years, stratified by age, gender and urban/rural residency. Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) of 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP of 90 mm Hg, and/or self-reported use of antihypertensive drugs; diabetes is diagnosed as fasting glucose of 126 mg dl(-1) or self-reported use of hypoglycaemic medications; proteinuria is defined as +1 at dipstick urinalysis. Odds ratios (ORs) for associations were determined by multivariable logistic regression models. Prevalence (weighted to the Yemen population aged 15-69 years) of hypertension, diabetes and proteinuria were 7.5, 3.7 and 5.1% in urban, a

SUBMITTER: Modesti PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747332 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature