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Measuring central percentiles of blood pressure levels among adults in Pakistan: A case study of Rawalpindi

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dc.contributor.author Sumaira Mubarik
dc.contributor.author Muhammad Aslam
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-20T07:10:25Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-20T07:10:25Z
dc.date.issued 2018-05-24
dc.identifier.citation Mubarik, S., & Aslam, M. (2018). Measuring central percentiles of blood pressure levels among adults in Pakistan: A case study of Rawalpindi. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 31(3). en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/16351
dc.description.abstract The prevalence pattern of hypertension (HTN) in developing countries is different from that in the developed countries. In Pakistan, the percentage of hypertensive patients has been growing since last two decades. Various factors might have contributed to this rising trend like, age, body mass index (BMI), lack of physical activity, family history of HTN and smoking etc. In this study, we examine prevalence of HTN in Rawalpindi district of Pakistan using the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) criteria, with the aim to measure central percentiles of blood pressure (BP) depending on different stated factors. For this purpose, quantile regression is used. A cross-sectional study including 2000 volunteer adults was designed. The data were obtained about systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), gender, age, weight height, family history of HTN, physical activity, presence of any kidney disease and diabetic status etc. Quantile regression was used to estimate the central percentiles of SBP and DBP. The present study concludes that the central percentiles of BP reflect alarming situation as half of the adults fall into either pre-hypertensive or hypertensive category and thus, some special awareness program about HTN should frequently be organized. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject Hypertension en_US
dc.subject JNC 8 criteria en_US
dc.subject pre-hypertension en_US
dc.subject quantile regression en_US
dc.title Measuring central percentiles of blood pressure levels among adults in Pakistan: A case study of Rawalpindi en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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