STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ABO BLOOD TYPE SYSTEM AND HYPERTENSION IN ADOLESCENT IN PADANG HARAPAN, BENGKULU

Hypertension cases increase every year, around 1.13 billion people in the world suffer from hypertension. Hypertension in Indonesia is a risk factor for death, stroke, and ischemic heart disease. Around 23.8% of the Indonesian population aged 18 years and over have hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in the population aged 18 years is 34.1% per 300,000. Patients with hypertension with an age range of 18-34 years amounted to 33.3%. Data on the population of Bengkulu Province with age above 18 years in the year 2016, with reported hypertension conditions, amounted to 12,675 (54.66%) per 730,285. In 2018, cases of hypertension in Bengkulu City were 2,186. Data on the ABO system blood group based on a history of hypertension in Padang Harapan is still lacking. This research is an analytical observation using a cross-sectional approach. Respondents were teenagers aged 17-25 years, 508 people were selected by purposive sampling. The study took place from March-December 2021. Hypertension in 508 adolescents in Padang Harapan was relatively small, namely 26 (6.7%). Hypertension cases in non-O blood groups (A, B, AB) were more than 19 cases, compared to only 7 cases for blood type O. Adolescents with blood type B were more likely to have hypertension (9 cases). The relationship between hypertension and blood type in adolescents in that location is very weak (α> 0.05). The blood type of the ABO system in adolescents in Padang Harapan is dominated by blood type A (33.7%), followed by blood type O (32.7%), B (23.2%), and AB (10.4%). 6.7% (N=508) of teenagers had hypertension, which was dominated by blood type B, followed by blood types A, O, and AB. There was no significant (Ho) relationship (p>0.05) between the ABO blood group system and hypertension in adolescents. Keywords: ABO blood type, Adolescent, Hypertension