Role of occupation on hypertension among women in Bangladesh

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Abstract Background: Hypertension is a major non-communicable disease all over the world. This study determines the role of occupation along with other potential covariates on hypertension for Bangladeshi women.Methods: The analysis had been used the data from Bangladesh demographic and health survey 2017-18. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed to check patterns and correlates of hypertension. To explore the influence of demographic, socioeconomic, and biological factors affecting hypertension, binary logistic regression models were used.Results: The prevalence of hypertension among non-working women was 30.31%. The role of occupation on hypertension was significant in both the unadjusted and adjusted models. Women who were not working during the survey were 1.176 times more likely to have hypertension than physically working women while controlling for other variables. In Bangladesh, after controlling the effect of occupation other significant risk factors for hypertension were age, BMI, marital status, education, and region.Conclusion: Occupation is an essential subject for our life and livelihood. Since physically active women were less likely to be hypertensive than non-working women, occupation could be utilized as a significant tool to prevent hypertension.