Volume : X, Issue : V, May - 2020

PREVALENCE OF PRE-HYPERTENSION IN KASHMIR

Dr Mohd Yousoof, Dr Mohmad Iqbal Wani, Dr Ali Imran, Dr Gazanfar Ali

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Introduction: Hypertension is a worldwide health disaster. It is probably the most important public health problem in developed countries. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to estimate prevalence of Pre–hypertension in Kashmiri population. Type of study: A Community based cross sectional study. Material and Methods: A total of 3900 population was taken for study. Blood Pressure was measured 3–4 minutes after the subject was comfortable using correctly sized cuff. Blood pressure was measured twice within an interval of one hour and average of systolic and diastolic blood pressure was taken. Each reading was mean of three BP readings. Pre–hypertension was diagnosed as per Joint National Committee 7 (JNC VII) criteria. Results: Our study showed overall prevalence of pre–hypertension around 24.35% and age has a positive correlation with prevalence of pre–hypertension. Prevalence of pre–hypertension was more common in females (26.67%) as compared to males (22.47%). Conclusion: Prevalence of pre–hypertension is comparable to prevalence of pre–hypertension in most of the developing nations and is ever increasing.

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PREVALENCE OF PRE-HYPERTENSION IN KASHMIR, Dr Mohd Yousoof, Dr Mohmad Iqbal Wani, Dr Ali Imran, Dr Gazanfar Ali INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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