Prevalence and predictors of adult hypertension in an urban eastern Indian population.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension and to identify predictors of adult hypertension specifically in an underdeveloped urban region of eastern India.

Study Design: Population-based cross-sectional study, with multi-stage random sampling technique.

Settings: A main urban city located in South Orissa in eastern India.

Childhood cardiovascular risk factors in South Asians: A cause of concern for adult cardiovascular disease epidemic.

Cardiovascular risk factors in children are increasing at an alarming rate in the western world. However, there is limited information regarding these in the South Asian children. This review attempts at summarizing such evidence.