A cross sectional study of hypertension in adolescent girls of district Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rakesh Kumar; Mukesh Sharma; Anurag Srivastava

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161473

Authors

Rakesh Kumar Department of Community Medicine, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Center, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mukesh Sharma Department of Community Medicine, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Center, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Anurag Srivastava Department of Community Medicine, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Center, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161473

Keywords:

Hypertension, Adolescents, Girls, Slum, Blood pressure

Abstract

Background: In Indian adolescent school children, there is a high prevalence of obesity and hypertension. The present study was undertaken in the in the urban slums of Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India with the broad aim of assessing the prevalence of hypertension & associated factors among adolescent girls.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 405 adolescent girls. Simple random sampling was used to select the individuals from each slum. Blood pressure was classified as per Joint National Committee [JNC]-7 criteria. A pre-tested and pre-designed schedule was used to collect the information. Chi-square test was applied to analyse data using SPSS software.

Results: Nearly 15.8% adolescents were found pre-hypertensive, 1.5% were having stage I hypertensive and 0.7% of the girls were stage II hypertensive. About 15.6% were underweight and 3.5% were overweight. Pre-hypertensive/hypertensive was higher among those aged between 17-19 years (20.02%), belonging to upper socioeconomic class (23.0%) and those belonging to nuclear family (18.6%). Higher proportions of those consuming non-vegetarian food (21.4%), saturated fat (19.3%) and iodized salt (17.7%) were found hypertensive/pre-hypertensive.

Conclusions: The prevalence of hypertension among the adolescent age group was alarmingly high. There is a need to create awareness among school students particularly in adolescent age group regarding hypertension and its complications.

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