Bio-Social Predictors of Hypertension Among Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Renu Tyagi, Meenal Dhall and Satwanti Kapoor

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 2158244015574227

Abstract: In the present study, the contribution of various biological and lifestyle factors toward progression to hypertension are examined among menopausal and postmenopausal women. A cross-sectional study among 245 women of 20 to 65 years was conducted. Besides blood pressure, fat percentage using bio-electric impedance analyzer and adiposity indices such as body mass index (BMI), waist–hip ratio (WHR), and waist–height ratio (WHtR) were taken. Mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, and multinomial logistic were used to analyze the data. Statistically significant differences ( p

Keywords: women; hypertension; lifestyle; menopause; obesity; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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