22.Risk Factors of Systolic Hypertension among Patients Admitted with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Muhammad Roh ul Amin, Sabir Hussain, Kashif Ali, Mujahid Iqbal, Irfan Ahmed and Sajid Hussain
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the risk factors of systolic hypertension among patients admitted with intracerebral hemorrhage.
Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan from December 2018 to June 2019.
Materials and Methods: After taking approval from institutional ethical review committee. Calculated sample size was 139 at 95% level of confidence, 5% precision required and 90% anticipated population proportion.10 Both male and female patients, between 40-70 years of age which presented with sudden onset of neurological deficit were included in study through non probability consecutive sampling method. Informed consent was taken from each patient. Systolic hypertension was labeled at blood pressure ˃140 mmHg. BMI of each patient was calculated and >27 taken as obese. SPSS version 22.0 was used for data entry and analysis. Chi-square test was applied and p-value <0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: Mean age of study participants was 55± 9.5 years. Out of total 139 cases; 79 (56.8%) had age between 51-70 years, 80 (57.6%) patients were obese, 94 (67.6%) were smoker and 75 (54%) patients were male (Table I). Total 115 (82.7%) patients with intracerebral hemorrhage had systolic hypertension (Fig. I). Obesity (p=0.006) and smoking history (p<0.001) was found to be significantly associated with systolic hypertension among patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
Conclusion: Obesity and history of smoking was found to be significantly associated with systolic hypertension among patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
Key Words: Systolic blood pressure, Hematoma expansion, Systolic hypertension, Intracerebral hemorrhage, Stroke
Citation of article: Roh ul Amin M, Hussain S, Ali K, Iqbal M, Ahmed I, Hussain S. Risk Factors of Systolic Hypertension among Patients Admitted with Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Med Forum 2021;32(9):96-99.