Correlates Of Hypertension Among the Bank Employees of Surat City of Gujarat
Hypertension is becoming a public health emergency worldwide, especially in the developing countries. The job of bank employees is both sedentary in nature and accompanies high levels of mental stress, thereby at a higher risk of developing hypertension. The present cross-sectional study was conduct...
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Medsci Publications,
2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Hypertension is becoming a public health emergency worldwide, especially in the developing countries. The job of bank employees is both sedentary in nature and accompanies high levels of mental stress, thereby at a higher risk of developing hypertension. The present cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the prevalence and the determinants of hypertension among bank employees of Surat city. Prevalence of hypertension was found to be 69.5%. Hypertension was significantly associated with age 45 years or more, alcohol intake, waist circumference, body mass index and diabetes. |
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