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JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 1170-1177Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000146
Keywords
awareness; control; hypertension; India; meta-analysis; prevalence; systematic review
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- Wellcome Trust Capacity Strengthening Strategic Award
- consortium of UK universities
- British Heart Foundation [RG/08/014/24067] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/L003120/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0512-10165] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MR/L003120/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Background:A region-specific (urban and rural parts of north, east, west, and south India) systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among Indian patients have not been done before.Methods:Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus databases from 1950 to 30 April 2013 were searched for prevalence, burden, awareness, and control of blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (140 SBP and or 90 DBP) among Indian adults' (18 years). Of the total 3047 articles, 142 were included.Results:Overall prevalence for hypertension in India was 29.8% (95% confidence interval: 26.7-33.0). Significant differences in hypertension prevalence were noted between rural and urban parts [27.6% (23.2-32.0) and 33.8% (29.7-37.8); P=0.05]. Regional estimates for the prevalence of hypertension were as follows: 14.5% (13.3-15.7), 31.7% (30.2-33.3), 18.1% (16.9-19.2), and 21.1% (20.1-22.0) for rural north, east, west, and south India; and 28.8% (26.9-30.8), 34.5% (32.6-36.5), 35.8% (35.2-36.5), and 31.8% (30.4-33.1) for urban north, east, west, and south India, respectively. Overall estimates for the prevalence of awareness, treatment, and control of BP were 25.3% (21.4-29.3), 25.1% (17.0-33.1), and 10.7% (6.5-15.0) for rural Indians; and 42.0% (35.2-48.9), 37.6% (24.0-51.2), and 20.2% (11.6-28.7) for urban Indians.Conclusion:About 33% urban and 25% rural Indians are hypertensive. Of these, 25% rural and 42% urban Indians are aware of their hypertensive status. Only 25% rural and 38% of urban Indians are being treated for hypertension. One-tenth of rural and one-fifth of urban Indian hypertensive population have their BP under control.
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