Objectives: To assess of the pregnancy induced hypertension and gravida in teen age girls at People Medical College Hospital Nawabshah Pakistan. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 200 pregnant women from Gynecology & Obstetrics Department of Unit-1 and 2 People Medical College Hospital Nawabshah from January 2018 to December 2018. The sampling technique was convenience sampling. The frequency and association between the hypertension and Gravida were observed. Blood Pressure was taken by sphygmomanometer of mercury type B.P apparatus from 200 pregnant women and interviewed all the study subjects. A well designed and structured questionnaire (consist of age, gravida and hypertension related questions) was used for data collection and analyzed statistically. The data was analyzed statistically by SPSS Version 20.0. Results: The mean age of married teenage girls was 16.6 Years with SD ± 2.3 Years. The study results show that 23.5% of Teenage mothers were suffering from Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. 83% women participants were in the age group of 17 to 19 years. Majority 80.3% of marriages were in the age of 13 to16 years. 76% of women were in 1st and 2nd Gravida. Conclusion: One fourth of Teenage married girls are suffering from Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. The maternal age of 17-19 years has been found most common age group for pregnancy induced hypertension, more common in 1st and 2nd Gravida.
Background: Hypertension is a common health issue all over the world; increased Body Mass Index (BMI) is alone one strong risk factor for the HTN. Objective: To assess the relationship between HTN & BMI in patients visited at department of Medicine PMCH Nawabshah. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at PMC Hospital Nawabshah during March 2019 to February 2020. Sample size was 385. This study was conducted after ethical approval of institutional committee and willing male and female subjects with hypertension were included in present study after consent. Age ranges from 15 years and above. Those having other co morbidities like, DM, IHD, stroke and other metabolic and endocrine disorders were excluded from the study. Patients with history of drugs causing weight gain were also excluded. Results: there were total 385 subjects included, 130 were females and 245 were males1:2 ratio of female and male. Mean age of patients was 46.50 sd ± 8.65 years, mean BMI was 26.18 sd ± 4.73, mean systolic HTN was158.35sd ± 30.40 and mean diastolic blood pressure was 95.75 sd ± 12.91 mmHg. Conclusion: There is strong association between hypertension and BMI, as the BMI will increase the risk of HTN will increase.
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