Objective: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the most common risk factor for causing cardiovascular (CVS) and cerebrovascular diseases (CVD). A developing country like India, faces the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases; of the which, the HTN is the most treatable cause of mortality and morbidity, thus preventing the loss of functional capacity and decline in the quality of life. Aim: To study the prevalence of end organ damage in the hypertensive geriatric age group. Method: The present study was a cross sectional study, conducted in 150 elderly patients admitted in MGM Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India with the diagnosis of either stage I or II HTN from 2011 to 2013. Results: Data analysis of the present study showed that 68% of elderly population aged between 60 to 69 years were suffering from HTN. Compared to males, females had a higher rate of target organ damage. This study observed that amongst all the patients with total end organ damage, 54.6 % had CVS complications, 15.7 % had hypertensive retinopathy, 25.9 % and 18.51 had raised creatinine and protein levels in urine respectively. 19.4 % had cerebrovascular accident (CVA) complications. Among the Cardiovascular related complications Coronary artery disease (CAD) was found in 21 patients, out of them 7 had Congestive cardiac Failure (CCF). Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) was the most common complication and was seen in 38 patients. 13.8 % patients had Regional Wall Motion Abnormality (RWMA). Conclusion:The present study observed that Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH) was most commonly seen in geriatric age group amongst all the types of HTN. This study concluded that the most common risk factors leading to HTN in the elderly are sedentary life style and dyslipidemia while the most common end organ damage was observed to be Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) followed by renal dysfunction.
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