A Statistical Modeling Approach of Examining Hypertension-Related Risk Factors in Adults

Abstract

Hypertension is an increasingly important health issue, not just in the developed nations but also in the developing countries of the world including those of Sub-Saharan Africa. Hypertension is a problem if we consider its ‘silent’ nature, few persons are usually aware of their hypertensive status and also fewer persons seek treatment. This has led to unacceptably high morbidity and mortality from potentially preventable complications such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, strokes and chronic renal failure. Some selected risk factors associated with hypertension are evaluated. The severity of hypertension and associated risk factors amongst adult patients attending Yusuf Dantsoho General Hospital is studied. The data used in this research work was obtained from the medical record department of Yusuf Dantsoho General Hospital. After the analysis, the overall prevalence of hypertension in the study was found to be 45.0% and among the categories those that are divorce have higher prevalence of hypertension which is 33.50%, Non diabetic and those whose parents are hypertensive have same prevalence of 33.0% whereas those  below 25 years of age have least prevalence of 1.50% of hypertension. Among the risk factors used in the research only age (46-55), sex, diabetics, and parent hypertensive status were found to be significant at 0.10.