PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS IMPACT ON GLOMERULAR RATE IN A POPULATION OF KERALA

BACKGROUND Kidney function and hypertension are closely linked. What is the prevalence of hypertension and how one is affecting the other? Different studies show different results. Such a study in Keralite population is planned. The objectives of the study are to find the prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in a population of Kerala and its effect on GFR. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 519 subjects of all ages from the community are screened. Blood pressure and serum creatinine were assessed. eGFR found using MDRD (modification of diet in renal disease) formula. RESULTS Prevalence of hypertension in the study population is 13.9% and prehypertension is 26.8%. Incidence of hypertension is increasing with age. Estimated GFR showed a decrease in hypertensives and prehypertensives. CONCLUSION Kidney function is affected by an increase in blood pressure

Abstracts of International Conference on Scholarly Communication, Open-Access Publishing and Ethics

Academic education, research, and development intensify the nation socially and fiscally competitive. Institutions have a greater role to enhance their intellectual infrastructure facilitations to help in the process of building an institutional academic and research culture through means of scholarly communication and publication. This book covers Abstracts of various peer-reviewed papers presented in the International Conference on Scholarly Communication, Open-access Publishing and Ethics (SCOPE-2018) held at SPA Vijayawada during 25 -26 October 2018. Indeed, these papers are divided into four important subject areas viz. academic research and development; scholarly communication; open access publishing, copyright and ethics; and academic library, preservation facilitations