Prevalence, risk factors and awareness of hypertension in India: a systematic review

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Prevalence, risk factors and awareness of hypertension in India: a systematic review

Por: P Devi, M Rao, A Sigamani, A Faruqui, M Jose, R Gupta, P Kerkar, R K Jain, R Joshi, N Chidambaram, D S Rao, S Thanikachalam, S S Iyengar, K Verghese, V Mohan, P Pais2 y D Xavier.  Journal of Human Hypertension (2013) 27, 281–287.

Indians have high rates of cardiovascular disease. Hypertension (HTN) is an important modifiable risk factor. There are no comprehensive reviews or a nationally representative study of the burden, treatments and outcomes of HTN in India. A systematic review was conducted to study the trends in prevalence, risk factors and awareness of HTN in India. We searched MEDLINE from January 1969 to July 2011 using prespecified medical subject heading (MeSH) terms. Of 3372 studies, 206 were included for data extraction and 174 were observational studies. Prevalence was reported in 48 studies with sample size varying from 206 to 167 331.
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