Aim/objectives: The objective of the study was to examine if there has been any change in the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in the Nepalese population in the last two and half decades.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was done in Bhadrabas village area of Kathmandu valley to estimate the prevalence of HTN and the findings were compared to the study done in the same location 25 years ago.
Findings: The study shows that there has been a three-fold increment in the prevalence of HTN in the same location.
Context: South Asians have high rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at younger ages compared with individuals from other countries but the reasons for this are unclear.
Objective: To evaluate the association of risk factors for AMI in native South Asians, especially at younger ages, compared with individuals from other countries.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Standardized case-control study of 1732 cases with first AMI and 2204 controls matched by age and sex from 15 medical centers in 5 South Asian countries and 10,728 cases and 12,431 controls from other countries.
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