Socioeconomic risk factors of hypertension and blood pressure among persons aged 15-49 in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study estimated the prevalence of hypertension, in accordance with the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association's 2017 guidelines, and examined the association between various socioeconomic factors and systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and hypertension.

Setting and design

We used nationally representative data from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. Multivariate analysis was used to study the association of hypertension with socioeconomic factors: logistic regression was used for hypertension and linear regression was used for DBP and SBP.

Participants

Our sample consisted of 9827 adults between the ages of 15 and 49 years.

Results

The prevalence of hypertension was 36%. The mean DBP an

SUBMITTER: Joshi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161073 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature