Population study of blood pressure and associated factors in Kuwait

ABSTRACT

A population survey of blood pressure in Kuwait has confirmed that high blood pressure constitutes an important public health problem giving a prevalence rate of 15.14%. In common with other studies blood pressure was found to be significantly correlated with body weight, possibly by a primary effect on diastolic pressure. Systolic blood pressure was also significantly correlated with age and family history of hypertension and diastolic blood pressure was primarily correlated with the number of cigarettes smoked per day. There was a significant difference between mean blood pressures of both diabetics and non diabetics