Prevalence of Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption and its Association with Incident Hypertension among Young Adults Residing in an Urban Area of West Bengal
This study suggests that young adults who are alcohol and tobacco users are at an increased risk of developing incident hypertension. Hence, awareness generation and early screening measures at the national level should be implemented for prevention of noncommunicable diseases among young adults.
Authors
- Sarika Palepu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6534-2149)
- Aayushi Khajuria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0668-3968)
- Aprajita Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7768-7512)
- Ashutosh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-9568)
- A. Gaurav
- Debmalya Banerjee
- Ashok Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3602-2327)
- D. Gayathri
- Banwari Lal Sarkar
- B. Sai Krishna
- Brijendra Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3501-0896)
- Ashok Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-8463)
- Pankaj Kumar Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-4786)
- Arman Ansari
- Akash Jha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3855-450X)
- Aman Bharti
- A Jayan
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_1_24
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00