Older Indians living in cities are more likely to suffer from hypertension as compared to their rural counterparts, states a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension .
The study, Independent urban effect on hypertension of older Indians further added that this urban effect is independent of greater wealth, occupation and other privileges normally associated with Indian cities.
“Therefore, the underlying causes in this ‘independent’ urban effect on hypertension may be due to some other city-specific stress such as social insecurity and environmental pollutants including noise,” the study said.
Leader of the study Ambarish Dutta noted that approximately 44% of the older Indians living in the cities suffered from hypertension, whereas its prevalence was 35% among their rural counterparts.
