Prevalence and correlates of cardiometabolic multimorbidity among hypertensive individuals: a cross-sectional study in rural South Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determinate the prevalence and correlates of cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM), and their cross-country variation among individuals with hypertension residing in rural communities in South Asia.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Rural communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Participants

A total of 2288 individuals with hypertension aged ≥40 years from the ongoing Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation- Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka clinical trial.

Main outcome measures

CMM was defined as the presence of ≥2 of the conditions: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and stroke. Logistic regression was done to evaluate the correlates of CMM.

Results

About 25.4% (95% CI 23.6% to 27.2%) of the hyper

SUBMITTER: Feng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731877 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature