Open AccessPrevalence of hypertension and associated cardiometabolic risk factors in urban Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Author(s) -
Senkadhirdasan Dakshinamurthy,
Vartika Saxena,
Ranjeeta Kumari,
Anissa Atif Mirza,
Minakshi Dhar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_54_20
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , body mass index , anthropometry , blood pressure , hypertriglyceridemia , logistic regression , cross sectional study , environmental health , risk factor , population , disease , demography , cholesterol , triglyceride , pathology , sociology
Hypertension is one of the leading causes of premature death worldwide and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and all-of them cause mortality. Out of the estimated 1.13 billion people who have hypertension, less than 1 in 5 people have it under control.