The Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Hypertension in the Elderly

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.011How to use a DOI?

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BMI, hypertension, elderly

Abstract

Diseases that are mostly suffered by the elderly include hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes mellitus. One of the non-communicable diseases that cause mortality and morbidity in Indonesia is hypertension, the management of which is commonly practiced at various levels of health facilities. The number of elderly population in Indonesia according to 2016 Susenas data is 22.4 million people or 8.69% of the population, and hypertension is the most common disease (57.6%). Several studies have shown that BMI is associated with hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between body mass index and hypertension in the elderly in Tambaksogra Village, Sumbang District, Banyumas Regency. The type of this research is analytic descriptive research with a retrospective approach. The populations were all the elderly who had hypertension recorded from January to July 2019 with 217 respondents. The sampling technique used is total sampling. The results of this study were processed using the Chi Square test and it was found out that there was a relationship between BMI and hypertension in the elderly with p value

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tin Utami
AU  - Wilis Sukmaningtyas
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/10
TI  - The Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Hypertension in the Elderly
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 45
EP  - 48
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.011
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.011
ID  - Utami2020
ER  -