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Blood pressure assessment in undergraduate medical students : impact of gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension
Joint Authors
Abbas, Amjad Hasan
Hammud, Samir Sawadi
al-Shabuk, Shahla Khazal
Source
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.307-315, 9 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Medicine
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Increase blood pressure is considered to be a silent killer which lead to increase in morbidity and mortality, so it is necessary to determine the subjects with high risk at an early stage in order to inhibit the disease progression and its co-morbid conditions.
This study aimed to measure the blood pressure of undergraduate medical students and its relation to specific risk factors (gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension).
The study was performed in College of Medicine in Babylon University in the period from December 2014 to April 2015 and included 330 students.
Some variables were taken from the history in addition to measurement of weight, height, systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
The results revealed that regarding systolic blood pressure, 15% of students had prehypertension and 8% of students were hypertensive while for diastolic blood pressure, 32% had prehypertension and 4% were hypertensive.
There was significant correlation between systolic and diastolic blood pressure with male gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension (P ≤ 0.05).This study revealed high prevalence of prehypertension and in less extent hypertension among college students and this problem represented a neglected issue.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbas, Amjad Hasan& Hammud, Samir Sawadi& al-Shabuk, Shahla Khazal. 2016. Blood pressure assessment in undergraduate medical students : impact of gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension. Medical Journal of Babylon،Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.307-315.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-750650
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbas, Amjad Hasan…[et al.]. Blood pressure assessment in undergraduate medical students : impact of gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension. Medical Journal of Babylon Vol. 13, no. 2 (2016), pp.307-315.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-750650
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbas, Amjad Hasan& Hammud, Samir Sawadi& al-Shabuk, Shahla Khazal. Blood pressure assessment in undergraduate medical students : impact of gender, body mass index and family history of hypertension. Medical Journal of Babylon. 2016. Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.307-315.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-750650
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 315
Record ID
BIM-750650