Open AccessAre the tribal highlanders protected from hypertension? A meta-analysis on prevalence of hypertension among high altitude tribal population of India
Author(s) -
Mitasha Singh,
Sunil Kumar Raina,
Shweta Goswami,
Des Raj
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_509_19
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , confidence interval , context (archaeology) , population , altitude (triangle) , epidemiology , demography , environmental health , effects of high altitude on humans , cochrane library , prevalence , traditional medicine , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , anatomy
The so-called protected tribal population are also facing burden of noncommunicable diseases. The high altitude tribes are thought to be genetically and environmentally protected from hypertension (HTN) like diseases.