Determinants of hypertension among adults in Bangladesh as per the Joint National Committee 7 and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Hypertension Association hypertension guidelines

Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Krystal Swasey, Md Zabir Hasan, Allysha Choudhury, Rajat Das Gupta, Samuel A. Abariga, Atia Sharmeen, Vanessa Burrowes

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Abstract

We investigated determinants of hypertension in Bangladesh using both Joint National Committee 7 (JNC7) and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Hypertension Association (2017 ACC/AHA) guidelines. After reporting background characteristics, odds ratios (ORs) were obtained by multilevel logistic regression. Among 7839 respondents aged ≥35 years, 25.7% (n = 2016) and 48.0% (n = 3767) respondents had hypertension as per the JNC7 and 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines, respectively. The following factors were significant according to the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline: ≥65 years (adjusted OR [AOR]: 2.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.2–3.0), 55–64 years (AOR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.4–1.9), and 45–54 years (AOR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.3–1.6) age groups, females (AOR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.7–2.2), overweight/obesity (AOR: 2.4, 95% CI: 2.0–2.8), diabetes (AOR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.2–1.6), secondary (AOR: 1.2, 95% CI: 1.1–1.4), or college education level (AOR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.4–2.3), middle (AOR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1–1.6), richer (AOR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.2–1.8) or richest (AOR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.6–2.4) wealth quintiles, residence in Khulna (AOR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.2–1.9), and Rangpur (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.3–2.2) divisions. All factors were significant as per the JNC7 guideline too. Both guidelines found similar determinants. Prevention and control programs should prioritize increasing awareness among people with higher likelihood of hypertension.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e45-e55
JournalJournal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2018

Keywords

  • 2017 ACC/AHA
  • Bangladesh
  • determinants
  • hypertension

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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