Spatial patterning of hypertension and its association with comorbidities and risk factors: A cross-sectional study in South India

• Thenmozhi Mani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thenmozhi Mani, Marimuthu Sappani, Melvin Joy

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3932-5625

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• Marimuthu Sappani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thenmozhi Mani, Marimuthu Sappani, Melvin Joy

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Melvin Joy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thenmozhi Mani, Marimuthu Sappani, Melvin Joy

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Chhavi Garg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science, Global Health Research, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Vishalakshi Jeyaseelan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Malavika Babu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Trials Research, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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• Rajagopal Arunachalam,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Jothilakshmi Durairaj,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), Chennai, India

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• Ivan James Prithishkumar,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Sebastian George,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India

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• Edwin Sam Asirvatham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Systems Research India Initiative (HSRII), Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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• Thambu David Sudarsanam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prof.ljey@gmail.com

  Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-3005

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