Prevalence of hypertension and the associated factors among Sabar and Munda tribes of Eastern India

Background: Hypertension can be attributable to about 10% of all non-communicable diseases (NCDs). There is a steady rise in the prevalence of hypertension among both the urban as well as the rural population and the tribal communities are no exception to this. The present study was done during 2009–10 among two tribes residing in a more developed eastern district of Odisha, but the results can be compared with the studies done in recent times. Objective: 1. To find the prevalence of hypertension among the adult tribal population of Tangi-Choudwar block of Cuttack and to trace the associated r... Mehr ...