Title: The Incident of Heart Diseases in Hypertension in Bangladesh

Authors: Dr M. E. Haque, Dr M. M. Abdus Shamim, Dr Abduallah- Al-Faroque, Dr Nazrul Islam, Dr Sufia Rahman, Dr Ashraful Kabir, Dr Mahmudul Huque

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i5.44

Abstract

Introduction: For cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertensionis the strongest risk factor.

Objective: In this study our main aim is to discover the incident of heart diseases in hypertension of hypertension in Bangladesh.

Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at different private hospital in Khulna from January 2015 to January 2016 where 530 rural and urban individuals (age ≥21 years) were evaluated and all data was recorded methodically in a preformed data sheet and was analyzed by relevant statistical procedures.

Results: in the study 99 male and 64 female belongs to hypertension group. Also, age and heart diseases strongly correlated with hypertension.

Conclusion: we can conclude that in Bangladesh patients with hypertension is prone to have heart diseases. More studies are suggestive to estimate the incidence of hypertension in heart diseases.

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), Hypertension, High blood pressure.

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Corresponding Author

Dr M. E. Haque

Professor, Department of Medicine & Cardiology, Gazi Medical College, Khulna, Bangladesh