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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4485</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.141004</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Hypertension Among General Population Visiting at South East Hospital and Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ather</surname><given-names>Mehmood</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Khan</surname><given-names>Attiya Hameed</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bandeshah</surname><given-names>Ali Akhtar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wajid</surname><given-names>Hussain</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Adnan</surname><given-names>Shah</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Abbasi</surname><given-names>Abdul Samad</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>05</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>0)</volume><issue/><fpage>9</fpage><lpage>14</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: High blood pressure has a more burden on public health in the middle-aged to an older population. The incidence of newly developed hypertension is not well known than its prevalence. Objective: To assess high blood pressure among the general population and to determine the risk factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted over a period of 06 months from April 2021-September 2021 at South East Hospital and Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan. We enrolled a total of three hundred (n=300) participants in our study of both genders who visited South East Hospital by using the Non-Probability convenient Sampling method technique. Indi vidual having blood pressure exceeding to the normal limit or within the normal limit at the time of visit to the hospital were included in our study and those individuals who had already been diagnosed with hypertension were excluded. Results: The mean age of the respondent was (37.44__ampersandsignplusmn;12.669), the mean systolic BP (was 164.50__ampersandsignplusmn;21.176) and mean diastolic BP was (100.09__ampersandsignplusmn;14.045). Blood pressure systole was significantly correlated with risk factors (Diabetic Mellitus, family history and obesity) (r=.293***, p__ampersandsignlt;0.01), Blood pressure diastole also positively correlated with risk factors and blood pressure systole (r=.266**, .896** and p__ampersandsignlt;0.01). Conclusion: According to the result of our study it is concluded that high blood pressure among the general population was assessed more. Most of the participants were diagnosed with high blood pressure through three consecutive readings at the first time visit to the South East Hospital. Risk factors e.g. diabetic Mellitus, obesity and family history are closely interlinked with high blood pressure.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Hypertension</kwd><kwd> Risk factor</kwd><kwd> Diabetic Mellitus</kwd><kwd> Incidence</kwd><kwd> World Health Organization</kwd><kwd> Epidemiology</kwd><kwd> Awareness</kwd><kwd> Assessment</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
