Background Hypertension is a significant contributor to mortality in India. Achieving better
hypertension control rate at the population level is critical in reducing cardiovascular …

The Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), the largest national health and retirement
study in the world, released its wave 1 microdata earlier this year. The principal investigators …

Background Hypertension is the most important cardiovascular risk factor in India, and
representative studies of middle-aged and older Indian adults have been lacking. Our …

Hypertension is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease and stroke. We estimated
prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension along with its determinants in …

Diabetes is a growing epidemic and a major threat to most of the households in India. Yet,
there is little evidence on the extent of awareness, treatment, and control (ATC) among …

Hypertension is the most important chronic disease risk factor in India. Recent
epidemiological studies have reported that hypertension is increasing in India with a more …

Background Although awareness and treatment rates of hypertension have significantly
improved in recent years, the prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated hypertension …

Improving hypertension control in low-and middle-income countries has uncertain
implications across socioeconomic groups. In this study, we simulated improvements in the …

Context Chronic diseases are growing in India and largely affecting the middle-aged and
elderly population; many of them are in working age. Though a large number of studies …

In low-and-middle-income countries, people develop chronic diseases at a younger age,
leading to health-and-economic loss. Estimates of the age of onset of chronic disease …