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A STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Abdul-Hussein F. Ghadhban,
Omran S. Habib
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the medical journal of basrah university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-4414
pISSN - 0253-0759
DOI - 10.33762/mjbu.2011.49482
Subject(s) - prehypertension , blood pressure , body mass index , medicine , family history , logistic regression , demography , diastole , cardiology , physical therapy , sociology
Objective: The aim of the study was to measure the blood pressure of University students and relate variation to specific risk factors (age, sex, family history of hypertension, body mass index and smoking). Patients & Methods: This study is a cross sectional study based on a random sample drawn from 5 of the 14 colleges in the University of Basrah. Field part of the study extended from first of March to middle of May 2010 and involved

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