Abstract
<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>
 <p><strong>Background &amp; Objectives</strong>:&nbsp;People with pre-hypertension (PHTN) is more likely to developed hypertension (HTN) and having higher risk of cardiovascular (CVD) and renal diseases. This study aims to determines the prevalence of pre-hypertension among the adult population of the XYZ institute</p>
 <p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted no the adult population of a teaching institute Peshawar. This study included sample of 176 adults. A close ended questionnaire, containing some demographic and medical information&rsquo;s was design to fulfil the aim of our study.&nbsp; Blood pressure measurement was taken from all subjects and data were analyzed by using SPSS version22.</p>
 <p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of PHTN and HTN was 50.57% (n=89) and 18.19% respectively. &nbsp;statistically significant association was found of gender with PHTN (P=0.036). PHTN was slightly more prevalent among male gender i.e.39.8% comparative to female gender i.e. 10.8%.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
 <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> More than our half study population was to have PHTN. Its incidence was found statistically significant with male gender and is at higher risk developed HTN.</p>
 <p><strong>Key words</strong>:<em> </em>Blood pressure, hypertension and prehypertension.</p>
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