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Risk factors for hypertension in a population-based sample of postmenopausal women in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Apo B and WC were the strongest risk factors for predicting hypertension among postmenopausal women in Kolkata.Abstract:
Hypertension is a major public health problem worldwide. However, limited information is available regarding the risk factors for hypertension in postmenopausal women, particularly in urban populations in developing countries such as India. To investigate whether adiposity measures, serum lipids and lipoproteins as well as fasting plasma glucose can predict the risk of hypertension in a population based sample of postmenopausal women in Kolkata, India, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 415 postmenopausal women (aged 40 to 85), selected by cluster sampling from 12 wards of Kolkata. After multivariate adjustment, apolipoprotein B (apo B) and waist circumference (WC) showed the strongest association with hypertension. The risk of hypertension in the highest tertile compared with the lowest tertile was 2.57 (95% confidence interval = 1.00-6.61) for apo B and 2.55 (95% confidence interval = 1.07-6.06) for WC. Apo B and WC were the strongest risk factors for predicting hypertension among postmenopausal women in Kolkata.read more
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Hypertension in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension
Raghupathy Anchala,Nanda Kishore Kannuri,Hira B Pant,Hassan Khan,Oscar H. Franco,Emanuele Di Angelantonio,Dorairaj Prabhakaran +6 more
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Postmenopausal hypertension, abdominal obesity, apolipoprotein and insulin resistance
Samir Ben Ali,Hanen Belfki-Benali,Decy Ben Ahmed,Najet Haddad,Awatef Jmal,Monia Abdennebi,Habiba Ben Romdhane +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in WC, apoB and IR accompanying menopause lead to a greater prevalence of hypertension in postmenopausal women.
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Prevalence of hypertension in an area of urban Varanasi, India and its association with selected demographic factors
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TL;DR: A significant proportion of women entering the menopause present incident hypertension and this is mostly associated with obesity and insulin resistance.
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