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Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and associated risk factors among geriatric population living in a high-altitude region of rural Uttarakhand, India

BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) both are rapidly emerging as public health problems among geriatric population in developing countries. HTN can lead to stroke, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and chronic kidney diseases among geriatric population. DM increa...

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Autores principales: Kapil, Umesh, Khandelwal, Ritika, Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy, Khenduja, Preetika, Gupta, Aakriti, Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, Upadhyay, Ashish Datt, Belwal, Ravi Shankar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30613554
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_108_18