Prevalence of hypertension in India: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Review of studies on the prevalence of hypertension

First author	Place	Age group (yr)	Sample size	Prevalence
In the urban Indian population
Anand[10]	Maharashtra	30-60	1662	34.0
Gupta et al[11]	Rajasthan	> 20	1123	33.4
Shanthirani et al[12]	Tamil Nadu	> 20	1262	21.1
Gupta et al[18]	Maharashtra	> 35	88653	47.9
Prabhakaran et al[16]	Delhi	20-59	2935	30.0
Reddy et al[13]	Multi-centric	20-69	19973	27.7
Mohan et al[14]	Tamil Nadu	> 20	2350	20.0
Kaur et al[15]	Tamil Nadu	18-69	2262	27.2
Yadav et al[33]	Uttar Pradesh	> 30	1746	32.2
Midha et al[17]	Uttar Pradesh	> 20	400	32.8
Gupta[27]	Multi-centric	35-70	926	48.2
Chakraborty et al[9]	West Bengal	18-60	433	17.6
In the rural Indian population
Kusuma et al[31]	Andhra Pradesh	> 20	1316	21.0
Hazarika et al[30]	Assam	> 30	3180	33.3
Midha et al[17]	Uttar Pradesh	> 20	400	14.5
Todkar et al[19]	Maharashtra	> 20	1297	7.2
Bhardwaj et al[24]	Himachal Pradesh	> 18	1092	35.9
Kinra et al[32]	Multi-centric	20-69	1983	20.0
Rajasekar et al[20]	Tamil Nadu	> 30	1905	19.1
Kadu et al[21]	Maharashtra	> 18	2196	12.8
Bansal et al[22]	Uttarakhand	> 15	968	32.3
Kaur et al[23]	Tamil Nadu	25-64	10463	21.4