Public Health Perspective Journal
Vol 5, No 2 (2020): in press August 2020

THE ANALYSIS OF SATURATED FAT, SODIUM, PROTEIN INTAKE AND BODY MASS INDEX ON THE OCCURRENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY IN SEMARANG REGENCY

Hidayah, Arifatul (Unknown)
Yuniastuti, Ari (Unknown)
Ratna Rahayu, Sri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Apr 2020

Abstract

Hypertension is the degenerative disease that if not treated immediately, it causes other diseases such as diabetes mellitus, stroke, and so on indeed death as if it does not take any medical treatments.  The prevalence of hypertension on elderly in Central Java in 2018 was 38,4 %. 55-64 years old group was 58,4%, 65-74 years old was 61,6% and >74 years old was 65.6%. The aim of this research is to analyze saturated fat intake, sodium, protein and body mass index related to hypertension on elderly in Semarang Regency. The research used case control design. The sample of the research was 104 respondents obtained by purposive sampling technique. Technique for collecting the data were interview, observation, and questionnaire. Chi square and logistics regression test were used in analyzing the data. The result of the research showed that there were significant influences in the variables of Saturated fat intake (p= 0.019), sodium (p=0.006), protein (0.000), body mass index (0.000) concerning to hypertension on elderly in Semarang Regency. The most influential variable was sodium intake with p=0.006; Exp(B) /OR = 0.295. Thus,  the increase of information about the importance of hypertension prevention is needed.

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phpj

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Subject

Public Health

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Public Health Perspective Journal publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health. It is aimed at all public health practitioners and researchers and those who manage and deliver public health services and systems. It ...