Gender difference in prevalence of hypertension among Indians across various age-groups: a report from multiple nationally representative samples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevalence of hypertension increases with age, but there is a general perception in India that women are less affected at every stage of life, although empiric evidence hardly exists regarding gender difference in hypertension in Indians of different ages. Therefore, we aimed to examine the gender difference in hypertension among Indians across various age-groups; and the contribution of variation in body mass index (BMI) to this difference.

Methods

Data were analysed after combining National Family Health Survey 4 (n = 294,584 aged 35-49 years) and Study of Ageing and Health wave 2 (n = 7118 aged 50 + years) datasets (NFHS-SAGE). Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) dataset (n = 65,900 aged > 45years) was analysed to replicate the results. Hypertension was d

SUBMITTER: Mohanty P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364494 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature