Open AccessPeriod prevalence and sociodemographic factors of hypertension in rural Maharashtra: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sampatti Sambhaji Todkar,
Venktesh V Gujarathi,
Vinay S. Tapare
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.55269
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , logistic regression , blood pressure , sitting , socioeconomic status , chi square test , demography , rural area , prehypertension , percentile , environmental health , pediatrics , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Hypertension is most common cardiovascular disease and it account for large proportion of all cardiovascular deaths and disability worldwide.