Abstract:
One of the risk factors for hypertension that can be changed, modified
and often found is obesity. Central obesity is more risky to health, because of the
predominance of accumulation of body fat in the trunkal. This type of obesity is
closely related to DM, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease than lower body
obesity. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of central
obesity with hypertension in Citra Medika Hospital Sidoarjo. Correlational
analytic research design with cross sectional approach. The population of all
hypertensive patients with obesity was 67 people and a sample of hypertensive
patients with obesity was obtained on February 10 - March 7, 2020 that met the
inclusion criteria of 42 people taken by consecutive sampling. The independent
variable is central obesity and the dependent variable is the incidence of
hypertension. Data was taken using a meter, observation sheet and tensimeter.
After being collected, the data is processed and analyzed descriptively using cross
tabulation. The results showed that most respondents experienced central obesity
as many as 26 respondents (61.9%), most respondents suffered from hypertension
I as many as 33 respondents (78.6%), and there was a relationship between central
obesity and the incidence of hypertension, especially hypertension degree I.
Obesity Central hypertension is more experienced by patients with first degree
hypertension, in addition to the average hypertension sufferers are first degree
hypertension sufferers, it is also caused by the fact that most men who have a
higher risk of developing hypertension and central obesity, rarely consume fruits
and vegetables, and rarely exercise when compared with patients with degree II
hypertension.
