Hypertension and Its Risk Factors- A Cross Sectional Study in Rural Area

Abstract

BACKGROUND An elevated arterial pressure is probably the most important public health problem in developing & developed countries. Hypertension is the commonest cardiovascular disorder and one of the major risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was conducted in rural field practice area of the Department of Community medicine Katihar Medical College, Katihar. A sample of 500 families was selected by systematic sampling technique from all the families registered at Health Centre and all the persons aged 20 years and above residing in these families were selected for the purpose of the study. RESULTS In total 1680 study subjects, 602 persons (35.8%) aged 20 years & above were found to be hypertensive. It shows that hypertension increased with increasing age with peak in 60 + years category (65.6%). The prevalence was found to be 66.2% in persons with high salt intake and 31.2% and 20.3% respectively in average and low salt intake. The prevalence of hypertension was 40.3% in non-vegetarians and 34.7% among vegetarians. The prevalence was 48.4% in persons consuming saturated fats, 39.1% in those consuming unsaturated fats and 32.6% in both types of fat consumers. The prevalence of hypertension was 37.9% in those engaged in light physical activity while it was found to be 29.6% in moderate and 28.6% in heavy physical activity. It was found to be 91.2% in obese with while this was 23.4% and 18.9% respectively in normal and underweight. It showed that prevalence of hypertension was 38.3% in occasional, 40.0% in frequent and 73.1% in constant group and only 33.0% in group with no mental stress. CONCLUSION This study shows that the prevalence of hypertension was high in the subjects having low physical activity, High BMI and high saturated fat/salt intake and high level of mental stress.

Risk Factors of Hypertension among Women in Sragen, Central Java

“…Genetic factors contributed to the occurrence of hypertension around 30-60% in various individuals (Singh, 2017). Hereditary factors played a role in the occurrence of hypertension compared to environmental factors.…”

Faktor Yang Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Hipertensi di Provinsi Jambi

“…Kurang aktifitas fisik meningkatkan kejadian hipertensi [8] dan secara signifikan aktifitas fisik terkait dengan penurunan resiko hipertensi [9]. Prevalensi hipertensi tinggi pada subjek yang memiliki aktifitas fisik rendah [10]. Aktifitas fisik secara teratur dapat mencegah hipertensi [11].…”

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“…The previous researches have revealed that approximaltly up to 50% of obese adolescents remain obese in adulthood (Calle, Rodriguez, Walker-Thurmond, & Thun, 2003;Flegal et al, 2013;Krause, Ware, McPherson, Lennox, & O'Callaghan, 2016). In addition to the increased potential risks for health problems, adolescents still face immediate health consequences due to obesity, including hyperlipidemia (Rao et al, 2016), hypertension (Singh, Pandey, & Rani, 2017) and other physiological and psychological problems (Crews, Schneider, Yalla, Reeves, & Vileikyte, 2016). In addition, previous researches have shown high levels of dissatisfaction with body size and shape amongst femal colledge students, as well as a desire to be thinner with trend of more prevalent among girls (Joseph et al, 2016;Moussally, Brosch, & Van der Linden, 2016), and other psychological issues of low self esteem, depression, et al (Crews et al, 2016).…”