Determinants of Hypertension Incidence in Individuals Aged ≥ 40 Years in the Work Area of the Meranti Health Center, Merangin Regency 2021

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hypertension; age; family history; obesity; cigarette consumption; coffee consumption

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) presents global data that hypertension causes the highest mortality. There is a projection that 29% of world population will experience hypertension in 2025. This study aims to discover the determinants of hypertension incidence in people aged ≥ 40 years in the work area of Meranti Health Center of Merangin Regency in 2021. This study used quantitative research with a cross sectional design. The population in the study was all people aged ≥ 40 years in the work area of Meranti Health Center of Merangin Regency based on the total population and age groups in 2019, which amounted to 5,429 people. A proportional Random Sampling was used as the sampling technique in the study with 102 respondents as the sample. The analysis was conducted by using the Chi-Square statistic test. The hypertension proportion in Meranti Health Center of Merangin Regency was 46.1%, 55.9% of age, 63.7% of gender, Family Hypertension History of 59.8%, 21.6% of obesity, 49.0% of stress, 36.3% of cigarette consumption, and 63.7% of coffee consumption. The bivariate analysis indicated that there were significant correlations between age and hypertension incidence (p-value: 0.036), family history (p-value: 0.000), stress (p-value: 0.010), and coffee consumption (p-value: 0.022), while there was no correlation between gender (p-value: 0.821), obesity (p-value: 0.861), and cigarette consumption (p-value: 0.522). Age, family history, stress, and coffee consumption have the risk of increasing hypertension incidence in people aged ≥ 40 years in the work area of Meranti Health Center.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anggun Nawangwulan
AU  - Rd. Halim
AU  - Hendra Dhermawan Sitanggang
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/07
TI  - Determinants of Hypertension Incidence in Individuals Aged ≥ 40 Years in the Work Area of the Meranti Health Center, Merangin Regency 2021
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 10
EP  - 19
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_3
ID  - Nawangwulan2023
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