The association of hypertension among married Indian couples: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

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Mounting evidence demonstrates that intimate partners sharing risk factors have similar propensities for chronic conditions such as hypertension. The objective was to study whether spousal hypertension was associated with one’s own hypertension status independent of known risk factors, and stratified by socio-demographic subgroups (age, sex, wealth quintile, caste endogamy). Data were from heterosexual married couples (n = 50,023, women: 18–49 years, men: 21–54 years) who participated in the National Family Health Survey-V (2019–2021). Hypertension was defined as self-reported diagnosis of hypertension or average of three blood pressure measurements ≥ 140 systolic or 90 mmHg diastolic BP. Among married adults, the prevalence of hypertension among men (38.8 years [SD 8.3]) and women (33.9 years [SD 7.9]) were 29.1% [95% CI 28.5–29.8] and 20.6% [95% CI 20.0–21.1] respectively. The prevalence of hypertension among both partners was 8.4% [95% CI 8.0–8.8]. Women and men were more likely to have hypertension if their spouses had the condition (husband with hypertension: PR 1.37 [95% CI 1.30–1.44]; wife with hypertension: PR 1.32 [95% CI 1.26–1.38]), after adjusting for known risk factors. Spouse’s hypertension status was consistently associated with own status across all socio-demographic subgroups examined. These findings present opportunities to consider married couples as a unit in efforts to diagnose and treat hypertension.

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Varghese, J. S., Ghosh, A., Stein, A. D., Narayan, K. M. V., & Patel, S. A. (2024). The association of hypertension among married Indian couples: a nationally representative cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61169-1

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