Relation of hypertension with body mass index and age in male and female population of Peshawar, Pakistan.

BACKGROUND: Hypertension, a condition developed as a result of high blood pressure is strongly correlated with body mass index (BMI). Obesity was noted to be a single best predictor of hypertension incidence, and was regarded as a major controllable contributor to hypertension. Overweight and obesity is conveniently determined from BMI. Present study was conducted in Khyber Medical College (KMC) Peshawar to investigate the relation of hypertension with BMI and age. The objective of the present investigation is to establish a relationship between hypertension and BMI in male and female population of Peshawar with consideration of age. METHODS: This study was conducted at KMC, Peshawar during 2008-2009. A total of 1006 adult male and female volunteers were the subject of present research and were categorised in terms of their ages. BMI was determined from weight and height; the subjects were grouped as normal, overweight and obese. Hypertension was determined from the measure of blood pressure. RESULTS: The results show a consistence relation between BMI and hypertension within age groups in both male and females. The figures exhibited a relation of age with BMI and hypertension in both males and females subjects. CONCLUSION: The results showed a higher trend of hypertension with increasing BMI. In young females it was noted that with a shift from normal BMI the incidence of hypertension was very high.

Relationship of body mass index and dyslipidemia in different age groups of male and female population of Peshawar.

BACKGROUND: BMI is linearly related to the total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations and is, however, inversely related with HDL cholesterol, Dyslipidaemia has been recognized to be strongly associated with overweight and obesity and its comorbid conditions. Overweight and obesity is conveniently determined from body mass index (BMI). Present study was conducted in Khyber Medical College, Peshawar to investigate the importance of age in relation to BMI with dyslipidaemia. METHODS: The study was conducted in Khyber Medical College Peshawar during a span of period covering from 2008 to 2009. A total of 500 volunteer male and female subjects were included, which were grouped according to age. Lipid profile was obtained against BMI of the subjects, categorized as normal, overweight and obese in different age groups. RESULTS: The prevalence of dyslipidaemia was both age and gender dependent. Dyslipidaemia show an increasing trend with age in both male and female subjects. In females, dyslipidaemia shows a gradual increase with age for all BMI categories. However, in males, the trend is different. It has been observed that the percentage of females having dyslipidaemia was less as compared to males in the age between 20 and 59 years. On the other hand, dyslipidaemia shows a dramatic increase in females above the age of 59 years. CONCLUSION: There is increase in dyslipidaemia trend in our subjects with increase in BMI and age.