Prevalence of Hypertension in Women Working in Different Educational Institutes of District Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

The present study was carried out to checked the elevation of hypertension level and risk factors associated with hypertension in the different educational sectors of Mainwali district. The questionnaire was design to obtained the data, which comprises of three parts i.e. part one comprises of demographic records (Age, weight etc), second were related to life style character (obesity, physical inactivity etc) and third one consist of the elements in blood like calcium, sodium, potassium, ferritin level and HB%. Basic descriptive statistical analysis, Chi – square test and odd square estimation was used to analyse the data. The result showed that the demographic characters are main cause of hypertension. Increasing age (above 40 year), weight (above 63) and body mass index cause elevation of blood pressure. Low level of education and post increase the blood pressure. Urban areas (65%) had higher rate of hypertension. Obese women (67%), physical activity have low prevalence of hypertension (75% in normotensive and 18.35% in hypertensive. Low socioeconomic status also causes prevalence of hypertension. High level of sodium (136.84 mEq/L), calcium (2.22mg/dL) and potassium (4.15 mEq/L) increases the higher risk of hypertension. Mean value of HB level is higher in normotensive (11.40g/dl) and pre-hypertensive (11.15g/dl) individual. Ferritin level was high in normotensive group (118.77ng/ ml) but low in pre-hypertensive (115.74ng/dl) and hypertensive group (114.33ng/dl). The low concentration of HB and ferritin affect the blood pressure and causes prevalence of hypertension. The present study provided data about factors that elevate the blood pressure and caution that will minimize our blood pressure.