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Renal and dietary factors associated with hypertension in a setting of disadvantage in rural India.

  1. Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. roger.evans@monash.edu.
  2. Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  3. Department of Medicine, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  4. Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  5. Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  6. School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
  7. Department of Nutrition Dietetics and Food, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  8. Hudson Institute of Medical Research and School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  9. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
  10. Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Journal of human hypertension Vol. 35 · Issue 12 · pp. 1118-1128

PMID 33462389 DOI 10.1038/s41371-020-00473-5

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Roger G Evans, Asvini K Subasinghe, Doreen Busingye, Velandai K Srikanth, Kamakshi Kartik, Kartik Kalyanram, Oduru Suresh, Simin Arabshahi, Isaac Curkpatrick, Kerin O'Dea, Karen Z Walker, Matthew Kaye, Jun Yang, Nihal Thomas, Geethanjali Arulappan, Amanda G Thrift. Renal and dietary factors associated with hypertension in a setting of disadvantage in rural India. Journal of human hypertension. 2021;35(12):1118-1128. doi:10.1038/s41371-020-00473-5

Abstract

Using a case-control design, we determined risk factors associated with hypertension in a disadvantaged rural population in southern India. Three hundred adults with hypertension and 300 age- and sex-matched controls were extensively phenotyped. Underweight (29%, body mass index < 18.0 kg m), chronic kidney disease (25%, estimated glomerular filtration rate

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Blood Pressure
  • Humans
  • Hypertension
  • India
  • Rural Population
  • Sodium
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