Anthropometric Parameters and Its Relation with Hypertension in Young Healthy Subjects with Parental Hypertension History: A Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Worldwide hypertension is emerging as a modern epidemic. In both children and adults the adverse association of cardiovascular risk factors with parental history of disease is well recognized. The study aimed to measure the anthropometric parameters of young healthy adults having parental history of hypertension and to correlate the anthropometric parameters of these individuals with those of the young healthy individuals who do not have parental history of hypertension. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted in Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and research center of Moradabad district. By the pre-tested structured interview questionnaire data was collected. The anthropometric parameters measured in the study were height in cm, Weight in kg, skin fold thickness, body mass index, waist hip ratio. Blood pressure was measured as per the WHO guidelines. Blood pressure was measured as per the WHO guidelines. Results: Among the 100 participants studied, 73 (73%) were males and 47 (47%) were females. The average age was 19.76 years (SD ±2.01) with a median of 20 years, varying from 18 to 24 years. The mean systolic blood pressure in males with history of hypertensive parents was 130.9 ± 16.2 as against 124.7 ±11.3 in females with history of hypertensive parents. The difference was statistically significant (p=0.002). The mean diastolic blood pressure was also significantly higher in males with history of hypertensive parents than females with history of hypertensive parents (92.7 ± 12.1in males versus 90.6 ± 18.4 in females). Conclusion: Findings of the present study suggest that children of hypertensive patients have a great possibility of developing future hypertension in comparison of individual having normotensive parents. Therefore, we strongly suggest that subjects having history of parental hypertension should be educated about the possibility of future hypertension to prevent hypertension in such population.
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Sanket Jheetay, Gurdeep Singh Jheetay
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.2.041
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