Influence of height on blood pressure and hypertension among Bangladeshi adults

Islam, Mohammad Tauhidul; Siraj, Md Shahjahan; Hassan, Md. Zakiul; Nayem, Mohammad; Nag, Dipankar Chandra; Islam, Md. Aminul; Islam, Rafiqul; Mazumder, Tapas; Choudhury, Sohel Reza; Siddiquee, Ali Tanweer

doi:10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100028

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“…This may be explained by the general understanding that older people are more likely to have hypertension, and that studies have shown a linear increase in systolic blood pressure with age beyond 30 to 40 years, which peaks in late life (Cheng et al, 2022). The female hypertensive subjects were found to be shorter than the control female group and this finding seems in agreement with the finding of Islam et al (2020) in which systolic BP was observed to decrease linearly with increasing height among only females in Bangladesh, although, no association was found between height and prevalence of hypertension. Also, in this study, the hypertensive females were shorter than the hypertensive males.…”

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“…This is possibly because women who are naturally shorter than men also have a smaller caliber of coronary arteries than the males. Shorter individuals have been noted to have shorter arterial length which predisposes them to hypertension (Islam et al 2020). Meanwhile, Shimizu et al (2022) observed an inverse association between height and incident hypertension in only males in their study and that baseline hypertension was positively associated with height loss for men but not for women, though this may be overlooked because the males (8342) in their study far outnumber the females (2812).…”

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Evaluation of the inter-arm blood pressure difference in subjects with hypertension in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra state

Alor Oluchukwu O,

Alor Ephraim U,

Igbokwe Vincent U

et al. 2024

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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Hypertension is defined as a sustained elevated blood pressure with a systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 140mmHg or more and a diastolic blood pressure of 90mmHg or more. The evaluation of the inter-arm blood pressure difference in subjects with hypertension in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra state was done via sampling techniques. The study population was obtained using convenience sampling method and comprised of male and female hypertensive patients aged 25 to 90 years, from the cardiology unit NAUTH Nnewi. Normotensive subjects of the same age range and gender were used as control. The sample size was determined to be 70 subjects using this formula: n= (z2pq)/d2). The result of the finding showed that there was a significant increase in the mean age when the control was compared to the hypertensive group, and no significant difference in their weight, height and BMI. Furthermore, the findings of this research also supported a significant increase in the left arterial systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the control compared to the hypertensive groups. Also, the mean right systolic and diastolic blood pressure showed a significant increase when the control was compared to the hypertensive group. The inter-arm systolic and diastolic blood pressure had no significant difference when control was compared to the hypertensive group.

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confidence: 87%

Evaluation of the inter-arm blood pressure difference in subjects with hypertension in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra state

Alor Oluchukwu O,

Alor Ephraim U,

Igbokwe Vincent U

et al. 2024

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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“…Explanations include, among others, larger coronary vessel diameters, elevated insulin-like growth factors, slower heart rate, and/or greater lung capacity in taller people. 44 On the other hand, a growing number of studies and meta-analyses show that taller body height is associated with an increased risk for some types of cancers. 45 The explanations here go in the direction of a larger number of cells in taller people as well as hormonal aspects again.…”

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Body height in adult women and men in a cross-sectional population-based survey in Geneva: temporal trends, association with general health status and height loss after age 50

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ObjectiveOn the one hand, trends in average height in adulthood mirror changes in living standard and health status of a population and its subgroups; on the other hand, height in general, as well as the loss of height in older age in particular, are associated in different ways with outcomes for health. For these aspects, there is hardly any information for Switzerland based on representative and measured body height data.DesignRepeated cross-sectional survey study.SettingFully anonymised data from the representative population-based Geneva Bus Santé Study between 2005 and 2017 were analysed.MethodsData from N=8686 study participants were used in the trend analysis. Height was measured and sociodemographic information and self-rated health was collected via questionnaires. Follow-up (mean: 7.1 years) measurements from N=2112 participants were available to assess height loss after age 50.ResultsWomen were, on average, 166.2 cm (SD 6.5) tall and men 179.2 cm (SD 6.5). Among men and women, higher socioeconomic status was associated with taller average height. The flattening of the increase in height from the 1970s birth years appears to begin earlier in the subgroup with the highest education level. The tallest average height was measured for men and women from Central and Northern Europe, the shortest for South America and Asia. The likelihood that participants rated their health as ‘very good’ increased with greater body height. The follow-up data show that men lost −0.11 cm per follow-up year (95% CI −0.12 to −0.10), women −0.17 cm (95% CI −0.18 to 0.15).ConclusionsThe association of height and health status is currently understudied. Monitoring changes in average body height may indicate disparities in different subgroups of populations. Based on our study and a growing literature, we think that the multifaceted role of body height should be better considered in clinical practice.

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“…In this population, height was inversely associated with SBP and there was no such association with DBP. The prevalence of hypertension was 19.2% in the population of Bangladesh (Islam et al 2020). Among Indian tribes the prevalence was 16.1% (Rizwan et al 2014).…”

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“…Short stature could result in a greater predisposition to NCDs already at lower waist circumference and body mass index. The association of short height and the risk factors of MetS has commonly been reported from high-income countries and the wealthy social strata of Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) (Islam et al 2020;Janghorbani et al 2012;Puchner et al 2017;Stefan et al 2016;Wittenbecher et al 2019;Yuan et al 2020). These studies suggest that tall people are less likely to be at risk of MetS than short people.…”

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No association between body height and metabolic risk factors in historically short height Asian Indian tribes

Dorjee

Sen

Das

et al. 2022

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Background Asian Indians often get predisposed to non-communicable diseases for which the "thin-fat" or "hidden obese" Indian phenotype is usually regarded responsible. In Europe, America and in some low-middle-income countries (LMICs) short height is often associated with a high risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Indians and particularly tribal Indian people are relatively short. Aim To assess the associations of height with MetS risk factors among tribal people of India. Sample and methods This study was conducted among tribes of India under life-style transition. The height range was 163.2 cm to 156.5 cm (males) and 151.6 cm to 146.9 cm (females). The participants were 1066 men and 1090 women aged between 20 and 60 years. Anthropometric and metabolic markers included in the study were height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), skinfolds (biceps, triceps, sub-scapular, and supra-iliacal), fasting blood glucose (FBG), blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and pulse rate (PR). ResultsThe highest correlation existed between height and WC (male: 0.21; female: 0.15). Correlations of body composition variables (BMI, WC, skinfolds) with MetS risk factors (FBG, SBP, DBP, PR) were not reliable (r < 0.30) among both sexes. St. Nicolas House Analysis revealed WC among males and WC and sub-scapular skinfolds among females sharing more connections with other nodes variables. Conclusions Unlike the people of the wealthy and often obese social strata of low-middle-income countries, and in Europe and North America, height of tribal Indian populations is not associated with metabolic risk factors, such as hypertension, elevated fasting blood sugar, and central obesity. Rather than linked to the phenotype, obesity appears to be associated with an obesogenic environment. Public health policy should focus on problems associated with obesogenic environments.Take home message for students Short body height cannot predispose individuals to MetS risk factors in the absence of an obesogenic environment.

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Influence of height on blood pressure and hypertension among Bangladeshi adults

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Evaluation of the inter-arm blood pressure difference in subjects with hypertension in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra state

Evaluation of the inter-arm blood pressure difference in subjects with hypertension in Nnewi North Local Government Area, Anambra state

Body height in adult women and men in a cross-sectional population-based survey in Geneva: temporal trends, association with general health status and height loss after age 50

No association between body height and metabolic risk factors in historically short height Asian Indian tribes

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