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IS THERE ANY CORRELATION OF BODY MASS INDEX WITH BLOOD PRESSURE AND RENAL PARAMETERS IN OVERWEIGHT/OBESE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS? - A STUDY IN MALWA REGION OF PUNJAB

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Mr. Sunpreet Singh, Dr Gesu Singla, Mrs Sanjana Devi, Dr Varun Mohan Malhotra
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.sa1.490

Abstract

Hypertension is known to be one of the important risk factors for human morbidity and mortality. Chronic hypertension can lead to stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Obesity is a very important risk factor for diabetes, essential hypertension, and other comorbid conditions that contribute to development of chronic kidney disease. METHODS: Hypertensive patients were taken, their BMI was calculated and those were having BMI≥25(overweight) or having BMI≥30(obese), such 120 patients were enrolled in the study. In those 120 patients, renal profile was assessed including blood urea, serum creatinine, serum uric acid and eGFR. Further correlation of BMI was calculated with blood pressure and renal parameters. RESULTS: The Mean ± SD of BMI was 28.22±2.31. The Mean ± SD for systolic blood pressure was 125.84±23.62 mm of Hg and that of diastolic blood pressure was 77.85±11.99 mm of Hg. The Mean± SD of blood urea was 48.5±29.51. Mean ± SD of serum creatinine was 1.82±1.44. Mean± SD of serum uric acid was 4.6±1.43 whereas that of eGFR was 62.22±29.52.BMI and systolic blood pressure were significantly correlated (0.00) and the correlation of BMI with blood urea, serum creatinine and eGFR was found to be significant with p values 0.000,0.000 and 0.000 respectively. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that obesity along with hypertension is a major risk factor in development of renal insufficiency and in addition presence of obesity alone can also act as risk factor for renal alterations in hypertensive patients having controlled blood pressure

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