Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Association with Blood Groups among Sandwich Students in Valley View University Community
- Author Kwabena Acheampong
- Co-Author Cecilia Amponsem-Boateng
- DOI
- Country : Kenya
- Subject : Public Health
Keywords : Prevalence, Body Mass Index, Hypertension, Blood Group, Students, Valley View University
Abstract
Background: Hypertension is a well-known disease amongst common people as every third person is affected by the condition. Hypertension has been recognized as the best and traditional risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Results from sequential studies show a growing prevalence of hypertension in emerging countries, probably caused by urbanization, aging population, modifications in dietary habits, and social stress (Amponsem-Boateng, 2017).
Objective: To determine prevalence of hypertension and its association with blood groups among sandwich students at the valley view university community in Accra.
Methodology: A randomly selected population consisting of 187 out of about 366 first year sandwich students from the faculty of education. Forty point six (40.6%) female and 59.4% of male between the ages of 20 and 39 were involved in this study. Data was analyzed using the SPSS programme IBM version 20. Chi-square was used to investigate the association between independent variables and prevalence of hypertension. The data was further analyzed using binary logistic regression methods to evaluate possible risk factors associated with hypertension. Odd ratio was reported to establish the risk of hypertension and 95% confidence interval were estimated. A p<0.05 was considered as statistically significance.
Results: Among the blood type, the prevalence of hypertension was higher among group AB (33.3%) followed by group A (16.7%) group 0 (9.0%) and group B (1.8%). Statistically significant difference was found in blood groups (P˂0.016)
Conclusion: The occurrence of hypertension was found to be highest in blood group AB and A, but it was statistically not significant. In our study, we found that the AB blood group was more susceptible to hypertension as compared to blood group A, O and B.
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