| Summary: | Background: Increasing life expectancy in elderly is a
key of epidemiological transition in the world. There
is a changing of burden disease from infectious to
chronic disease. The most common chronic disease in
elderly is hypertension. The prevalence increases with
age. Obesity is one of the risk factors that the
prevalence increases in developed and developing
countries. Many studies was conducted in adult obese or
overweight with the occurence of hypertension. But
correlation of obesity and hypertension in elderly is
rare to be found. Saturday Clinic is an event conducted
yearly by skills laboratory Faculty of Medicine UGM.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to study
presence of correlation between body mass index and
hypertension in elderly during Saturday clinic 2012 in
Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada. Faculty of
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study method was
conducted on Saturday Clinic, Skills Laboratory Faculty
of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada. Body mass index
is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square
of the height in meters squared. BMI was classified
using Asian Classification (WPRO). Whereas,
hypertension was classified using Joint Commite
National Seventh edition.
Result: The chi-square value of two categories body
mass index is 0.013. The p value is 0.908 with
confidence interval 95% (p value > 0.05). The
prevalence ratio is 1.03 that have meaning independent
s not a risk factor for the effect. variable i
Conclusion: The result suggest that there is no
correlation of body mass index and hypertension of
elderly in Saturday Clinic participants.
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