A study on Socio- Demographic Profile, Prevalence of Hypertension and its association with other factor in school going Adolescents of Gorakhpur City

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is a chronic condition of concern due to its role in causation of coronary heart diseases, stroke and other vascular complications. Assessment of prevalence of hypertension in school going adolescents is one of the best way to assess the prevalence of hypertention among adolescents. So the Objectives of the study is to determine the prevalence of hypertension among the school going adolescents of Gorakhpur city. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2013 to August 2014 on 520 school going adolescent (less than 16 years of age ) ,4 schools selected from boys , girls and co-education category. A preforma was filled by the students and blood pressure (BP) measurements were taken for each student. Result: Prevalence of pre-hypertension & hypertension among early adolescent was (5.7%) and (4.03%) compared to mid adolescent age group is (10.81%) & (7.21%) respectively. It has been found that Hypertension was more prevalent in males (6.59%) compared to female (4.05%). Conclusion: Prevalence of Hypertension in school going adolescent of Gorakhpur city is 5.38%. It has been found that as the age increases, percentage of hypertension also increases.

Prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension and its correlates among rural adult population in district Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

“…According to Singh et al the prevalence of hypertension has increasing trend with increasing age. 11 Hasan et al conducted a study on prevalence of hypertension in Haridwar and found that prevalence of hypertension increased with age. 12 34.6% participants had a family history of hypertension.…”