The influence of family history of Hypertension on disease prevalence and associated metabolic risk factors among Sri Lankan adults

Background Hypertension is a major contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. Family history is an important non-modifiable risk factor for hypertension. The present study aims to describe the influence of family history (FH) on hypertension prevalence and associated metabolic risk f...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 576
Main Authors:	Ranasinghe, Priyanga, Cooray, Dilini N., Jayawardena, Ranil, Katulanda, Prasad
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 20.06.2015 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Adults Biostatistics Blood pressure Body Mass Index Body size Children Communicable diseases Comorbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Dependent variables Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Environmental Health Epidemiology Ethnicity Exercise Families & family life Family Health Family medical history Female Genetics Grandparents Heavy metals Humans Hyperlipidemia Hypertension Hypertension - epidemiology Independent variables Industrialized nations Male Medical research Medicine Medicine & Public Health Medicine, Experimental Metabolic disorders Metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology Metabolism Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology Odds Ratio Parents Parents & parenting Physical activity Prevalence Public Health Questionnaires Regression analysis Research Article Risk Factors Rural areas Siblings Socioeconomic Factors Sri Lanka - epidemiology Vaccine Variables Young Adult United Kingdom > UK Sri Lanka South Asia Hypertension Adults Prevalence Sri Lanka Family history
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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