Abstract
Background: Excessive salt consumption is a factor that can contribute to the incidence of hypertension and trigger coronary heart disease and stroke
 Objective: to determine the level of salt consumption, nutritional status, clinical examination, and the relationship between salt consumption and blood pressure in women in Batur Village
 Method: Quantitative descriptive with design cross-sectional for 106 women aged 35-55 years. The research instrument is Recall 1x24 hours, Body Mass Index (BMI), Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), waist-hip circumference ratio, blood pressure, uric acid test, Blood Sugar Level (BSL) and Fasting Glucose (FG).
 Results: The average salt consumption of respondents is 4.5 grams’/day shows that it does not exceed the recommended limit of Regulation of Minister of Health No. 30 of 2013 (5 grams/day). The majority of BMI is level 1 obesity (39.6%), MUAC (93%) has a normal category. BMI and Waist-Hip Circumference Ratio (WHCR) (65.1%) has a risk category. Blood pressure with the highest criteria (47% systolic; 35% diastolic) has a pre-hypertensive category. Uric acid level, BSL and FG are normal. There is no significant relationship between salt consumption and systolic blood pressure (p =0.373), and there is a significant relationship between salt consumption and diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.002; r = 0.471)
 Conclusion: the salt consumption of respondents is normal below the recommended limit, the nutritional status of most respondents has a level 1 obesity category and there is a significant relationship between salt consumption and diastolic blood pressure in women in Batur Village
Highlights
Excessive salt consumption is a factor that can contribute to the incidence of hypertension
There is no significant relationship between salt consumption
there is a significant relationship between salt consumption and diastolic blood pressure
Summary
Responden dikelompokkan menjadi tiga kelompok umur, yaitu 35 tahun (kelompok umur dewasa awal), 36-45 tahun (dewasa akhir) dan 46-55 tahun (lansia awal). Yang paling banyak adalah umur 36-45 tahun, yaitu 54 orang (50,9%). Dilihat dari tingkat pendidikan 56 orang (52,8%) memiliki pendidikan tamat Sekolah Dasar. Hampir semua responden bekerja sebagai petani yaitu 95 orang (89,6%). Berdasarkan data riwayat penyakit sebelumnya, menunjukkan sebanyak 79 orang (74,5%) tidak mempunyai riwayat penyakit diabetes, asam urat dan hipertensi. Sedangkan pada riwayat penyakit keluarga, menunjukkan sebanyak 66 orang (62,3%) tidak mempunyai riwayat penyakit diabetes, asam urat dan hipertensi
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