Hypertension in a population sample of female Punjabi Indians in Southall.
Open Access
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Vol. 34 (1) , 45-47
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.34.1.45
Abstract
A population-based survey of female Punjabi Indians aged 11 and over now living in Southall, a district in west London, showed a steady and significant increase in blood pressure with increasing age. The crude population prevalence of hypertension, defined according to the criteria of the World Health Organisation, was 16%; for women over the age of 40 it was 62%. About two-thirds of those in the hypertensive range did not know of their high blood pressure. Among those who did know, up to 75% were receiving medical treatment for the condition.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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