Renal and dietary factors associated with hypertension in a setting of disadvantage in rural India.
- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. roger.evans@monash.edu.
- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Medicine, Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre, Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
- Department of Nutrition Dietetics and Food, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research and School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
- 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
Cite This Article
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




