OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among elderly individuals in Bangladesh and India. METHOD: A community-based sample of 1203 elderly individuals (670 women; mean age, 70 years) was selected using a multistage cluster sampling technique from two ...
Mohammad Ziaul Islam Chowdhury, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Tanjila Akter, Tania Akhter et al.
Abstract Background Hypertension, itself being a major chronic condition, is one of the most significant risk factors for premature cardiovascular diseases and mortality. Hypertension is responsible for 13% of global deaths and three-quarters of the world’s hypertensive population reside in low- and...
Benjamin Palafox, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova, Khalid F. AlHabib et al.
BACKGROUND: Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key factor is household wealth, which may enable or limit a household's ability to...
Kizuku Kuramoto, Shûichi Ichikawa, Aizan Hirai, Shigeto Kanada et al.
We objected: 1) To compare the effects of azelnidipine and amlodipine on 24-h blood pressure; 2) To monitor the plasma concentration vs. the time profile in order to assess the association between pharmacokinetics and hypotensive activity after administration of either drug for 6 weeks. Blood pressu...
A.K.M. Monwarul Islam, Abdullah Al Shafi Majumder
Hypertension (HTN) is an increasingly important medical and public health problem. In Bangladesh, approximately 20% of adult and 40-65% of elderly people suffer from HTN. High incidence of metabolic syndrome, and lifestyle-related factors like obesity, high salt intake, and less physical activity ma...
Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Tahmina Akter, Rajat Das Gupta et al.
Like other developing countries, Nepal is currently going through epidemiological transition along with rising burden of Non-communicable Diseases. However, since 2013, no study investigated the prevalence and determinants of hypertension in Nepal involving nationally representative sample. Therefor...
Md Mujibur Rahman, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, Jessica Y. Islam, MA Jalil Chowdhury et al.
In Bangladesh, morbidity and mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has increased over the last few decades. Hypertension is an important risk factor for NCDs, specifically cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and p...
Helena Legido‐Quigley, Aliya Naheed, H. Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and leading cause of premature death globally. In 2008, approximately 40% of adults were diagnosed with hypertension, with more than 1.5 billion people estimated to be affected globally by 2025. Hypertension disproportionally affects...
Rajeev Gupta, Manmeet Kaur, Shofiqul Islam, Viswanathan Mohan et al.
OBJECTIVE: Hypertension control rates are low in South Asia. To determine association of measures of socioeconomic status (wealth, education, and social capital) with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among urban and rural subjects in these countries we performed the present study. METH...
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Ashis Talukder, Md. Abdul Awal, Md. Muhammad Umer Siddiqui et al.
Background: Hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in South Asia. Machine learning (ML) models have been shown to outperform clinical risk predictions compared to statistical methods, but studies using ML to predict hypertension at the population level are...
Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Saifur Rahaman, Rashed Mustafa, Karl Andersson
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is responsible for the obstruction of coronary arteries, resulting in the loss of lives. The onset of ACS can be determined by looking at the various signs and symptoms of a patient. However, the accuracy of ACS determination is often put into question since there exist...
I. De Brito-Ashurst, Lin Perry, T. A. B. Sanders, Jane Thomas et al.
BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of salt restriction to lower blood pressure (BP) in Bangladeshi patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a tailored intervention intended to reduce salt intake in addition to standard care will achieve a greater red...
Colin Fischbacher, Raj Bhopal, Martin K. Rutter, Nigel Unwin et al.
AIMS: We aimed to compare levels of urinary albumin excretion and the prevalence of microalbuminuria in UK South Asians and Europeans. Microalbuminuria predicts cardiovascular disease in European origin populations, but evidence from the general population of South Asians is lacking. Coronary heart ...
Fariha Binte Hossain, Gourab Adhikary, Arif Chowdhury, Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon
Abstract Background Although there has been a well-established association between overweight-obesity and hypertension, whether such associations are heterogeneous for South Asian populations, or for different socioeconomic groups is not well-known. We explored the associations of overweight and obe...
Tazeen H. Jafar, Mihir Gandhi, Imtiaz Jehan, Aliya Naheed et al.
BACKGROUND: Uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) is a leading risk factor for death and disability in South Asia. We aimed to determine the cross-country variation, and the factors associated with uncontrolled BP among adults treated for hypertension in rural South Asia. METHODS: We enrolled 1,718 indiv...