HTN also accounts for 57 million disability adjusted life years (DALYs) or 3.7% of total DALYs.[] One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to reduce the prevalence of HTN by 33% between 2010 and 2030.[] Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims at reducing by one third, premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment by the year 2030.[] The prevalence of HTN has increased in the recent decades, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with one in three persons affected by the disease.[] India is home to 207 million hypertensive individuals.[] As per the estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), the overall prevalence of HTN in India for the age group of 1849 years is around 7.5%.[] The fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-IV) evaluated HTN, in a large population-based sample ( n = 799,228) and reported the prevalence of HTN to be 13.8%, and 8.8% (overall 11.3%) in men and women aged 1554 and 1549, respectively.[] Among various risk factors which predispose to HTN (both modifiable and non-modifiable), tobacco use is a modifiable and preventable risk factor.[] According to second round of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted in India between 2016 and 2017, the percentage of smokeless tobacco (SLT) users among men and women were 29.6% and 12.8%, respectively (overall 21.4%)
Van Dyke earned her bachelors degree from Trinity College, and her masters degree and Ph.D
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