| Summary: | Background: Essential hypertension is one of the heart disease cause of
death in the world with a predicate silent killer. Prevalence of hypertension
in population over 18 years old in Indonesia amount to 31.7%. The
proportion of new cases of hypertension at young age in 2010 in Boyolali
was 17,9% and Banyudono I Health Center is the higher contributor to
new cases (238 cases) among other health centers.
Objective: Know the risk factors for essential hypertension in young
adults in Banyudono sub district Boyolali district.
Methods: The matched case control study design with ratio 1:1. The case
is essential hypertension patients who have been diagnosed by doctor in
health center in the period January-September 2011, and control is a
neighbor of cases that had not been diagnosed with essential
hypertension. Analysis by McNemar X
2
test, OR and conditional logistic
regression.
Results: The majority of subjects aged 30-40 years, male, educated
elementary and high school and has a job as a farmer Bivariate
analysis showed variable family history, obesity, alcohol
consumption, smoking, less physical activity, psychosocial stress and
excessive salt intake significantly with OR between 1.6 to 3.0. The results
of multivariate analysis showed of risk factors of essential hypertension in
young adults after adjusted with other variables are alcohol consumption
(OR=2.01 95% CI 1.234-3.285), excessive salt consumption (OR=1.98
95% CI 1.269-3.119), less physical activity (OR = 1.87 95% CI 1203-
2.924), and obesity (OR = 1.81 95% CI 1.094-3.006).
Conclusion: Risk factors for essential hypertension in young adults are
alcohol consumption, excessive salt intake, less physical activity
and obesity.
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