Background: Untreated high blood pressure may damage organs in the body and increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and brain hemorrhage.
Aim: To assess the prevalence of hypertension.
Setting and Design: The study was conducted in indukur pet (coastal area) and vidavalur (non coastal area) by using a descriptive design.
Materials and Methods: A total of 500 samples were included in this study. Among this, 250 samples belong to coastal area 250 samples belongs to non coastal area by using convenience sampling technique.
Statistical Analysis Used: The collected data was organized, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics based on the objectives of the study
Results: In Indukur pet, out of 250 samples, with regard to the category of the blood pressure 33(13.2%) had stage-I hypertension, 14(5.6%) had stage-II hypertension, 2(0.8%) had stage-III hypertension,40(16%) had grade-I isolated systolic hypertension, and 13(5.2%) had grade-II isolated systolic hypertension, known hypertensive cases are 52(20.8%), newly diagnosed cases are 50(20%).
with regard to BMI, among 250 samples 36(14.4%) were overweight and 13(5.2%) were obese. in Vidavalur, among 250 samples, 92(36.8%) had stage-I hypertension, 11(4.4%) had stage-II hypertension, 2(0.8%) had stage-III hypertension, 54(21.6%) had grade-I hypertension, and 14(5.6%) had grade-II hypertension. Known Hypertensive cases are 146(58.4%). Newly diagnosed cases are
27(10.8%). With regard to BMI among 250 samples 45(18%) were overweight and 21(8.4%) were obese.
Conclusion: The above results shown that blood pressure values are high in the Vidavalur (non coastal area) than Indukur pet (coastal area).
Key words: Hypertension, non coastal area, coastal area, heart attack, stroke.
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