Abstract
The population of the elderly people is increasing from time to time and there is a change in the diseases pattern from infectious diseases to degenerative diseases. One of degenerative diseases that frequently occur in the elderly people is an increased blood pressure or hypertension. This study aims to determine the relationship between saturated fat intake and blood pressure in elderly women. This type of research was quantitative using a cross sectional approach. Samples were taken with a total sampling technique of 40 subjects. Processing data was using The Pearson correlation test. Based on the results of the analysis test, there was no relations between saturated fat intake with systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure (p-value=0,183 and 0,333). This was because many factors affect blood pressure. The conclusion of this study was that there was no relationship between saturated fat intake with systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.
Highlights
The elderly population has increased from time to time in Indonesia (Samodra et al, 2018)
On the other hand, this has an impact on the transition of disease patterns, namely that infectious diseases have decreased and degenerative diseases have increased due to decreased organ function in the elderly, so that degenerative diseases often appear in the elderly, one of which is hypertension (Sartik et al, 2017)
The increase in blood pressure in the elderly people is due to the accumulation of collagen in the muscle layer, so that the blood vessels will begin to narrow and become stiff (Saputra et al, 2013)
Summary
The elderly population (elderly people) has increased from time to time in Indonesia (Samodra et al, 2018). On the other hand, this has an impact on the transition of disease patterns, namely that infectious diseases have decreased and degenerative diseases have increased due to decreased organ function in the elderly, so that degenerative diseases often appear in the elderly, one of which is hypertension (Sartik et al, 2017). Hypertension is a condition in which the measurement results of systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic pressure ≥90 mmHg (Ministry of Health, 2019). Hypertension is most often found in the elderly people (Hernawan and Rosyid, 2017). There is 59,9% prevalence of hypertension in elderly people ≥60 years in Shanghai, China (Yang et al, 2017). According to the 2018 Riskesdas data, the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly was found to be 63.2% occurring at the age of 65-74 years and 69.5% at the age> 75 years (Balitbangkes, 2019)
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