Prevalence and contributing risk factors for hypertension in urban and rural areas of Pakistan; a study from second National Diabetes Survey of Pakistan (NDSP) 2016–2017

Basit, Abdul; Tanveer, Salma; Fawwad, Asher; Naeem, Nadeem; NDSP Members

doi:10.1080/10641963.2019.1619753

Prevalence and contributing risk factors for hypertension in urban and rural areas of Pakistan; a study from second National Diabetes Survey of Pakistan (NDSP) 2016–2017

Aim: To assess the prevalence and its associated risk factors for hypertension in urban and rural areas of Pakistan. Methods: This study is the part of second National Diabetes Survey of Pakistan (NDSP) 2016–2017, a large community-based epidemiological survey. Hypertension was determined for urb…