Healthy lifestyle knowledge and age at hypertension diagnosis: a primary health care based survey in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorIslam, Md Monirulen
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Md. Safayeten
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Md. Mizanuren
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, Ryotaen
dc.contributor.authorSato, Motohiroen
dc.contributor.funderJapan Society for the Promotion of Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-13T08:54:17Z
dc.date.available2025-05-13T08:54:17Z
dc.date.issued2025en
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the relationship between knowledge of healthy lifestyles and the age of hypertension diagnosis among hypertensive individuals within Bangladeshi rural population. This cross-section study was conducted among hypertensive adults (18–80 years) in a rural population. We obtained data from 3600 adults with hypertension from 40 randomly selected community pharmacies. We gathered data on demographics, health knowledge, and measured vital signs, including hypertension diagnosis year. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to identify the lifestyle and knowledge factors about hypertension with the age of diagnosis of hypertension. The mean age of hypertension diagnosis was 45.84 years. The mean age of hypertension diagnosis of male participants was higher than female (48.1 vs 44.4 years). Our study found that males and individuals with primary education are more likely to receive a later hypertension diagnosis (odds ratio = 2.32; 95% confidence interval: 1.75–3.10 and odds ratio = 5.96; 95% confidence interval: 3.09–11.48 respectively) for those aged ≥65. The poorest and those lacking physical exercise faced higher odds of later diagnosis (odds ratio = 2.20; 95% confidence interval: 1.53–3.15 and odds ratio = 2.37; 95% confidence interval: 1.78–3.17 respectively). Conversely, a family history of hypertension reduces the odds (odds ratio = 0.38; 95% confidence interval: 0.27–0.55). Increased knowledge of healthy lifestyle factors and engagement with health-related media correlate with later diagnosis, highlighting the influence of education and awareness on hypertension detection age. Our study reveals that knowledge of a healthy lifestyle is associated with the age of hypertension diagnosis. Targeting specific age groups based on health education programs may reduce hypertension-related complications.en
dc.description.sponsorshipJapan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (Kiban B 22H03308; Kiban A 23H00049)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid8508en
dc.identifier.citationIslam, M. M., Hossain, M. S., Rahman, M. M., Nakamura, R. and Sato, M. (2025) 'Healthy lifestyle knowledge and age at hypertension diagnosis: a primary health care based survey in Bangladesh', Journal of Human Hypertension, pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-025-01019-3en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41371-025-01019-3en
dc.identifier.endpage2561en
dc.identifier.issn9509240en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Human Hypertensionen
dc.identifier.startpage2539en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17431
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rights© 2025, the Author(s). Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectHealthy lifestyleen
dc.subjectAge of hypertension diagnosisen
dc.subjectHypertensive individualsen
dc.subjectBangladeshi rural populationen
dc.subject~Cork University Business School - Journal Articles~en
dc.titleHealthy lifestyle knowledge and age at hypertension diagnosis: a primary health care based survey in Bangladeshen
dc.typeArticle (peer reviewed)en
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