Awareness, prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in Western Nepal

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 907-913

  Neupane, Dinesh ^a   Shrestha, Archana ^b   Mishra, Shiva Raj ^c   Bloch, Joakim ^d   Christensen, Bo ^a   McLachlan, Craig S ^e   Karki, Arjun ^f   Kallestrup, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Nepal; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030113050     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx074     Document Type: Article

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