Santa Ulina Apriani Situngkir
Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sumatera Utara

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Factors Associated with Hypertension among Elderly in Medan, Indonesia Santa Ulina Apriani Situngkir; Namora Lumongga Lubis; Fazidah Aguslina Siregar
Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health Vol. 4 No. 3 (2019)
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Background: Hypertension or high blood pressure is often called the silent killer. World Health Organization reported that hypertension is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths (12.8% of the total of all deaths). Prevalence of hypertension in Medan ranked the third in Indonesia in all ages with the mortality of 6.8%. The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with hyper