10. Correlation Between Nutritional Status and Waist Circumference with Incidence of Hypertension in The Elderly at Prof. dr. R.D. Kandou Hospital

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is the main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases that cause mortality. One of the risk factors of hypertension is obesity. Changes in the prevalence value of hypertension occur as a result of the aging process and life style changes such as unhealthy diet, excessive weight. Objective: This study aimed to determine the correlation between nutritional status and waist circumference with the incidence of hypertension in the elderly who were admitted in the internal medicine wards at Prof. dr. R.D. Kandou Hospital. Method: This study was observational analytic with cross-sectional design. The sample in this study were patients who were admitted in the internal medicine wards at Prof. dr. R.D. Kandou Hospital on August until December 2022 as many as 105 respondents. The sampling techniques is simple random sampling. Data were collected from medical record and direct measurement of waist circumference of participants. Results: This study showed that of 105 respondents, 68 males (64.8%) and 37 females (35.2%), range from 60 to 92 years old, there were 70 respondents found with hypertension (66.67%). The majority of hypertension was suffered by respondents with overweight nutritional status (44.28%), and waist circumference with the central obesity category (57.14%). Correlation found between incidence of hypertension in the elderly with nutritional status (p = <0.001; OR = 5.2) and waist circumference (p = <0.001; OR = 5.33). Conclusions: Nutritional status and waist circumference are significantly associated with the incidence of hypertension in the elderly.