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ISSN Print: 2394-7500, ISSN Online: 2394-5869, CODEN: IJARPF

g-index: 90

Vol. 4, Issue 9, Part D (2018)

Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity in young adults

Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity in young adults

Author(s)
Dr. Ram Kesav Reddy, Dr. Krishna CRPS
Abstract
Obesity is defined as excess of Adipose tissue. It has become a major public health problem in developed countries. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of elevated body mass index.in occurrence of hypertension and its relationship with family history of hypertension among young adults in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Materials and Methods: In our stud we selected 806 young adults between 20-25 years and they were classified as overnight and obese based on their BMI (BMI>25Kg/m2 and 30Kg/m2 respectively) after taking of blood pressure Subjects were divided into pre-hypertensives and hypertensives. Results: Prevalence of hypertension is 4.76% prehypertension 26.85% and obesity is 2.2%, overweight is 9.12%. In Males Hypertension is 5.5% Prehypertension is 32.20% In females Pre Hypertension is 8.78% and hypertension is 1.6% prevalence of overweight in hypertensive individuals was 15.06% (P>0.050) when compared in normotensive individuals 6.12% prevalence of obesity in hypertensive individuals 4.12% (P>0.05) when compared with normotensive individuals was 1.21% prevalence of family history of hypertensive in hypertensive individuals was 42.15%. Conclusion: Prevalence of prehypertension is 26.85% and hypertension is 4.76% our results reinforced that overweight and obesity was to be significantly associated with hypertension.
Pages: 267-268  |  965 Views  101 Downloads


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How to cite this article:
Dr. Ram Kesav Reddy, Dr. Krishna CRPS. Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with obesity in young adults. Int J Appl Res 2018;4(9):267-268.
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