ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2019
Hypertension prevalence as a function of different guidelines, India.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effect of different hypertension management guidelines and of basing diagnosis on a single reading of blood pressure on the hypertension prevalence in the Indian population.
methodsWe performed a secondary analysis of data acquired as part of the
findingsWe observed that the Government of India and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines consistently yielded the lowest and highest prevalence of raised blood pressure; in the combined age group, we calculated the proportion of the population categorized as having raised blood pressure as 7.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 7.4 to 7.7) and 40.1% (95% CI: 39.7 to 40.7), respectively. When basing diagnosis on a single reading of blood pressure only, a total of 56 million individuals would be erroneously categorized as hypertensive following the Government of India guidelines. We also showed that prevalence of hypertension in India varies with guidelines adhered to; in the combined age group, the national hypertension prevalence was three times higher when following the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association compared with the Government of India guidelines.
conclusionTo optimize current clinical practice, health-care providers need to follow universally agreed, evidence-based methods of diagnosing hypertension.
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