AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF HYPERTENSION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AGED 20 YEARS AND ABOVE IN URBAN SLUM, RANIGARI THOTA, VIJAYAWADA CITY

Risk factors of hypertension among adults aged 35–64 years living in an urban slum Nairobi, Kenya

BACKGROUND Hypertension is an emerging public health problem in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and urbanization is considered to favor its emergence. Given a paucity of information on hypertension and associated risk factors among urban slum dwellers in SSA, we aimed to characterize the distribution of risk factors for hypertension and investigate their association with hypertension in an urban slum ...

Prevalence and predictors of hypertension among residents aged 20-59 years of a slum-resettlement colony in Delhi, India.

BACKGROUND Slum-resettlement communities are increasingly adopting urban lifestyles. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and identify correlates of hypertension among residents aged 20-59 years of a slum-resettlement colony. MATERIALS AND METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was done from 2010 to 2012 in NandNagri, a slum-resettlement area in east Delhi. 310 particip...

epidemiological study of oral and pharyngeal cancers in kermanshah province from march 1993 to march 2006

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Prevalence of Fecal Outlet Obstruction and Its Predisposing Factors in Women Aged 40 years and Older: An Epidemiological Study

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalent of Fecal Outlet Abstract  Obstruction (FOO) and associated risk factors in women aged 40 and older. Methods & Materials: In this cross sectional study, a total of 800 women were  randomly selected via cluster sampling among residents of area zone 17 of Tehran Health Management and were interviewed at home. Data was analyzed usin...

A Study on Prevalence of Hypertension among Adults Aged 20- 70 Years in Vencode, Kerala, India