Lifestyle choices influence the susceptibility towards Essential Hypertension.
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https://doi.org/10.37506/fmm0jk93Keywords:
Hypertension, lifestyle, biochemical parameters, blood pressureAbstract
Background: Despite provisions of anti-hypertensives and WHO measures, prevalence of hypertension is increasing worldwide, especially in low-& middle-income countries. This indicates a common issue, probably non-affordability of medicines and non-availability of proper health care facilities to larger section of population. This provided two important objectives to the study, first to investigate the basic health parameters of hypertensive and normotensive individuals and second to correlate their lifestyle choices with health parameters to understand the cause and effect.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted through the consecutive recruitment of hypertensive and normotensive individuals between January 2024 to September 2024 at Advanced Cardiac Centre, PGIMER. Data regarding participants lifestyle habits and biochemical parameters were collected using case record forms. Statistical analysis, including intergroup and intragroup comparisons, was performed using Chi-square test, unpaired t-test (Mann-Whitney test), descriptive analysis. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Additionally, logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between biochemical parameters and hypertension as predictive variables.
Results: A higher proportion of individuals with a sedentary lifestyle were observed in the hypertensive group. Further analysis of normotensive individuals with sedentary lifestyles revealed that 78.5% were vegetarians and only a small fraction reported with alcohol consumption. In contrast, hypertensives with a sedentary habits exhibited higher rates of non-vegetarian food intake (76.2%) and alcohol consumption (71.4%).
Conclusion: This study underscores lifestyle modifications as the primary strategy to improve the overall health parameters, to reduce the increasing prevalence of hypertension, as well as reduce drug dependence.
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