Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Ram B Singh

Publications

• Research Article
  Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertensive Retinopathy in Hypertensive Patients
  Author(s): Ratindra Nath Mondal, Md Abdul Matin, Moni Rani, Md. Zakir Hossain, Amaresh Chandra Shaha, Ram B Singh, Md. Foyjul Islam and Anupom DasRatindra Nath Mondal, Md Abdul Matin, Moni Rani, Md. Zakir Hossain, Amaresh Chandra Shaha, Ram B Singh, Md. Foyjul Islam and Anupom Das
  
  Background: Hypertensive retinopathy is one of the major complications of hypertension. Presence of hypertensive retinopathy may be an indicator of presence of other complications of hypertension, commonly nephropathy. Subjects and methods: This study was carried out in OPD of Hypertension and Research Center, Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was a cross sectional study, systemic sampling method was used to generate the sample of 384 patients. Results: Out of 313 hypertensive patients, male were found preponderance (66.1% vs. 33.9%), mean age was 51.80 years. 29.4% (92) patients had hypertensive retinopathy of different grades. Majority (14.7%) of the patient had grade 1 hypertensive retinopathy. Average time required to develop retinopathy was 6.73 years (minimum 3 month, maximum 30 years). Mean age of the patients with hypert.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095.1000241

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