Baseline prevalence of high blood pressure and its predictors in a rural adult population of Bangladesh: Outcome from the application of WHO PEN interventions

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This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and examined its predictors at baseline following protocol 1 (actions 1 and 2) of World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease (PEN) Interventions in a selected rural area of Bangladesh. A total of 11 145 adults (both sex and age ≥ 18 years) completed both the questionnaire and clinical measurements at the household and community clinics, respectively. We defined high BP as systolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 80 mmHg, prehypertension (pre-HTN) as systolic BP 120–139 mmHg or diastolic BP 80–89 mmHg, and hypertension (HTN) as systolic BP ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mmHg and/or anti-hypertensive drug intake for the raised BP. The prevalence of high BP was 51.2% (pre-HTN, 25.3%; HTN, 25.9%). Among them, the proportion of pre-HTN was higher among men (28.7%) while HTN was higher among women (27.4%). Other than fast food intake (pre-HTN, OR: 1.110, P =.063) and women sex (HTN, OR: 1.236, P

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Barua, L., Faruque, M., Rakhshanda, S., Banik, P. C., Shawon, R. A., & Mashreky, S. R. (2021). Baseline prevalence of high blood pressure and its predictors in a rural adult population of Bangladesh: Outcome from the application of WHO PEN interventions. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 23(12), 2042–2052. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14386

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