Discriminating Bangladeshi Adults by Level of Blood Pressure

The objective of the present work was to discriminate Bangladeshi adults of 18 years and above according to their blood pressure level and to identify some factors responsible for discrimination. Accordingly, the analysis was done utilizing the data collected from 960 adults of both urban and rural areas. The respondents were investigated by some doctors and nurses from and nearby their working places. During investigation, the blood pressure (mmHg) of the respondents were recorded. It was observed that 45.4% adults had optimal blood pressure. The percentages of normal, high normal and hypertensive adults were 39.5, 9.4 and 5.7, respectively. High normal and hypertension was more likely among urban, non-Muslim, female, single, aged, illiterate, physically inactive, involved in sedentary activities, obese subjects. Adults of lower income group of families and higher expenditure group of families were also more exposed to the problem of higher blood pressure. The problem was more likely in smokers, restaurant and can food consumers. Age, utilization of time, and accustomed with can food were the most responsible factors in discriminating the adults of different groups. The other responsible variables were gender variation, level of education and body mass index (BMI).

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Psychotropic Drug Utilization at a Tertiary Hospital in Dhaka City

Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College ◽

10.3329/jssmc.v7i1.31783 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 10-13

Author(s):

Omma Hafsa Any ◽

Feroza Parveen ◽

Rezina Sultana ◽

Md Jalal Uddin Iqbal

Keyword(s):

Psychotropic Drug ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Economic Status ◽

Income Group ◽

Tertiary Hospital ◽

Lower Income ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Lower Income Group ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Socioeconomic Determinant

Background: Mental illness is the most neglected disease in Bangladesh with a large number of people suffering from different types of mental illness.Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to find out socioeconomic determinant of psychotropic drug in tertiary level hospital.Methodology: This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at the Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital (SSMC & MH), Dhaka from the period of July 2009 to June 2010. All the patients attended at psychiatry outpatient department were included as study population. The collected data include socio-demographic details by depth interview; Informed consent was obtained verbally from the patient or legal guardian. The psychiatry out-patient departments are selected because both rural and urban population of different classes and different socio-economic status daily come to these out-patient departments for their treatment purposes. They predominantly represent poor rural and urban population.Result: A total 300 patients were included in this study. Out of 300 patients158 patient (52.66%) were female, most of the patients were age group 18-27 years, 108(36%) patient were house wife. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder are most common complaint among the patient attending the psychiatry OPD, 293(97.67%) patient came from rural areas, 175(58.33%) patient were married. Most of the patients are illiterate. It was observed that less educated, illiterate, housewife, unemployed and lower income group of patients generally attend psychiatry out-patient department.Conclusion: In conclusion less educated, illiterate, house wife, unemployed and lower income group of patients generally attend psychiatry out-patient department.J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, 2015; 7(1):10-13

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Financial Resources and Biomarkers of Aging in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1974 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 589-589

Author(s):

Laura Samuel ◽

Laken Roberts ◽

Danielle Boyce ◽

Melissa Hladek ◽

Sarah LaFave ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hemoglobin A1c ◽

Income Group ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Financial Strain ◽

Diabetes Diagnosis ◽

Lower Income ◽

Sampling Weights ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Lower Income Group ◽

Biomarkers Of Aging

Abstract Lower income and financial strain (i.e. difficulty making ends meet) are associated with worse aging biomarkers, but evidence among nationally representative samples is limited. This cross-sectional study tested whether income to poverty ratio (analyzed separately for those <500% vs. ≥500% poverty threshold) and financial strain are associated with biomarkers of aging among NHATS participants aged ≥65 years (n=4,648), adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, gender, smoking, BMI, and diabetes diagnosis for hemoglobin A1c. Sampling weights were applied. Among those with incomes <500% poverty, higher income was associated with lower hemoglobin A1c (b= -0.0196, p=0.007), CMV (b= -0.0689, p<0.001) and CRP (b= -0.0428, p=0.012). Among those with incomes ≥500%, higher income was associated with lower IL-6 (b= -0.0001, p=0.023) and lower CMV (b= -0.0001, p<0.001). Financial strain was not associated with biomarkers. Income is more strongly associated with biomarkers among the lower income group, calling for special attention to this vulnerable population.

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What is the optimal blood pressure level for patients with atrial fibrillation treated with direct oral anticoagulants?

Journal of Hypertension ◽

10.1097/hjh.0000000000002487 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (9) ◽

pp. 1820-1828 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jatinder S. Minhas ◽

Briana Coles ◽

Amit K. Mistri ◽

David J. Eveson ◽

Shazia T. Hussain ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Blood Pressure ◽

Oral Anticoagulants ◽

Direct Oral Anticoagulants ◽

Blood Pressure Level ◽

Pressure Level ◽

Optimal Blood Pressure

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Positive Association Between the Lys198 Asn Polymorphism in the Endothelin-1 and Blood Pressure in Obese Japanese Subjects: Ohasama Study

Hypertension ◽

10.1161/hyp.36.suppl_1.714-c ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 36 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. 714-714

Author(s):

Tomohiro Katsuya ◽

Takayoshi Ohkubo ◽

Yuxiao Fu ◽

Ichiro Tsuji ◽

Kenichi Nagai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Blood Pressure Level ◽

Positive Association ◽

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Buffy Coat ◽

Baseline Characteristic ◽

Endothelin 1 ◽

Overweight People ◽

Obese Subjects

P117 A recent report by Tiret et al. (Hypertension 33, 1999) revealed that a G/T polymorphism with an amino acid substitution (Lys to Asn) at codon 198 in the exon 5 of endothelin 1 gene (ET1) is associated with blood pressure in overweight people using two epidemiological studies, ECTIM and Glasgow Heart Scan Study. They suggested that G/T polymorphism strongly interacted with body mass index (BMI) in the determination of blood pressure levels. To examine the interaction among G/T polymorphism of ET1, BMI and blood pressure, we carried out an association study using a general population. Subjects (n=1,446) were recruited from Ohasama population, which is a cohort in a rural community of northern Japan. The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Tohoku University. DNA was extracted from the buffy coat of the participants using QIAamp DNA Blood Kit (Qiagen Inc.). G/T polymorphism of ET1 was determined by TaqMan PCR method, which is a powerful tool for semiautomatic genotype determination in a large number of samples. The frequency of T198 allele in Japanese (26%) was significantly higher than that in Caucasians (23%). The baseline characteristic (age, BMI, SBP, DBP, antihypertensive treatment) of all subjects was not significantly different according to the genotype of G/T polymorphism. In the obese subjects (≥25kg/m2), however, SBP and DBP were significantly associated with G/T polymorphism. Blood pressure level in the subjects carrying T198 allele was 2.6 mmHg in systolic (p<0.02) and 2.3 mmHg in diastolic (p<0.005) higher than that in those with GG genotype in overweight people. That the same result was obtained from different races suggested that the T198 allele of ET1 is involved in the determination of blood pressure levels in obese subjects.

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