Hypertension among Indian Women

The objective of the report was to determine trends in hypertension prevalence in women. Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women, but is often underestimated and undiagnosed and there is an ongoing misperception that women are at a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than men.

A survey was carried out, in which a questionnaire was prepared containing questions regarding general information, anthropometric measurements, clinical information, dietary information and nutritional knowledge and distributed in 30 women (35-50 year old) for response.

We observed that mostly (56.66%) of subjects were at high risk of obesity and 43.34 per cent were at moderate risk of obesity. We observed that mostly (56.66%) of subjects were suffering from hypertension from 2 to 4 years, 26.67 per cent were suffering from hypertension from 6 months to 1 year and 16.67 per cent were suffering from hypertension from 5-8 years.

Most (63.33%) of subjects thought that the cause of hypertension was stress, 46.67 per cent thought obesity was a cause, 40 per cent though that ageing was the cause, 30 per cent thought diabetes was a cause, 16.67 per cent thought genetic was a cause, 13.34 per cent thought that sedentary life style was a cause and 10 per cent thought that high intake of salt was a cause.