Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among business class community of Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the leading health issue in developing countries. There are many factors associated with hypertension like obesity, excessive intake of salt, smoking and drinking alcohol. Current study aims to assess the prevalence and determinants of hypertension among business class community in Lahore. A community based survey in Lahore was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and determinants in business class community aged 20- 45 year. Questionnaire was designed, translated into local language and 400 participants were interviewed as per structured questionnaire, collected data was analyzed using statistical software SPSS 22. The prevalence of hypertension among study population was 37.5%. Results were astonishing only 32% of hypertensive patients were taking antihypertensive pills. Being overweight was strongly associated with hypertension, also excessive salt intake and sedentary life style were the contributing factors. There is dire need of awareness to be related hypertension among business class community counselling them about salt intake, smoking and regular exercise.Farooq et al., International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, September 2016, 5(10): 79-81http://www.icpjonline.com/documents/Vol5Issue10/01.pdf

Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The participants’ ages ranged from 5–80 years, and the study populations included medical students, university teachers, in-service/retired adults, businessmen, drivers/conductors, factory workers, clerks, shopkeepers, all working individuals, elderly individuals, and school children. Six studies were conducted in rural areas [ 37 – 42 ], 8 were carried out in urban populations [ 43 – 50 ], and the remaining 23 (62.2%) sampled a combination of the two. Five (13.5%) studies included only women [ 37 , 51 – 54 ], 1 study [ 36 ] included only men, and 2 [ 48 , 50 ] were based on schoolchildren.…”

“…Seven (18.9%) studies (5 cross-sectional [ 40 , 41 , 57 , 61 , 66 ] and 2 case-control [ 31 , 36 ]) reported adjusted ORs (95% CI) using multiple logistic regression analyses. Six (16.2%) studies (cross- sectional [ 38 , 43 , 46 , 55 , 58 , 64 ]) had descriptive analyses and the remaining 7 (18.9%) studies analyzed data using the Chi-Square test, t-test, or correlation analyses ( S1 Table ).…”

“…Three health-related factors were significantly related to hypertension and were reported by at least three studies were: a family history of hypertension [ 31 , 40 , 41 , 44 , 55 ], BMI (overweight and obesity vs. normal-weight) [ 36 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 48 , 52 – 55 , 57 , 59 , 61 , 64 , 65 ], and diabetes [ 36 , 40 , 42 , 49 , 51 , 57 , 60 ]. The pooled ORs (95% CI) of the above factors were 1.91 (1.51–2.42), 1.95 (1.55–2.44), 2.95 (2.26–3.84) and 2.94 (1.88–4.59), respectively ( Table 1 , Fig 3 and S15 – S20 Figs).…”