RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND BLOOD PRESSURE LEVEL AMONG VISITORS OF SHAR TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SULAYMANIYAH CITY

Volume 13 , Issue 4 , July 2025 , Pages 475-481

Authors

Kalthum M Gharib 1 ; Sanaa O Karim 1 ; Maysam H Majeed 1 ; Lanya S Hama Ali 1 ; Sazyar F Ahmad 1 ; Shokhan M Omer 1

1 College of Nursing, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI logo 10.17656/jsmc.10442

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Abstract

Background
Obesity and Hypertension are major public health problems of global signifi cance. The Framingham Study, a
population-based study initiated in the United States, demonstrated that men and women had increased blood
pressure with increased overweight.
Objective
To determine the relationship between body mass index and blood pressure level in Sulaimani city.
Patients and Methods
This is a descriptive-analytic quantitative study conducted in Sulaimani city for those who visited Shar
Hospital from December 2021 to March 2022. Three hundred people were recruited (150 cases, 150 control).
The sociodemographic characteristics and information regarding (the BP) and (BMI) of each person were
collected. The data was collected by using a predesigned questionnaire by direct interview.
Results
The mean age of the participants was 50.2±18.3 years. (53.7%) were female (46.3%) were male. Most of them
were married (85.7%), illiterate (30%), Occupation as a housewife (41%), and urban residents (77.7%). Sixteen.
Seven percent had HTN for 1-5 years (50.3%) and had a family history of HTN, most of them from their
mother (16%), non-diabetic (72.7%), non-smoker (73%), and non-alcoholic (96.7).
Conclusions
According to the result of the study, there was a signifi cant relationship between BP (systolic and diastolic)
and BMI.

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