A risk score to predict hypertension in primary care settings in rural India
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2015-09
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Abstract
We used the data of 297 participants (15-64 years old) from a cohort study (2003-2010) who
were free from hypertension at baseline, to develop a risk score to predict hypertension by
primary health care workers in rural India. Age ≥35 years, current smoking, prehypertension,
and central obesity were significantly associated with incident hypertension. The optimal cutoff
value of ≥3 had a sensitivity of 78.6%, specificity of 65.2%, positive predictive value of 41.1%, and
negative predictive value of 90.8%. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
of the risk score was 0.802 (95% confidence interval = 0.748-0.856). This simple and easy to
administer risk score could be used to predict hypertension in primary care settings in rural India
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hypertension, incidence, India, Kerala, primary care, risk score, screening
Citation
Sathish T, Kannan S, Sarma PS, Razum O, Thrift AG, Thankappan KR. A risk score to predict hypertension in primary care settings in rural India. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2015;1-6