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  1. 1. Circadian blood pressure within young adults in Viet Nam : An exploratory study comparing a normal blood pressure group and a prehypertension group

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Hälsohögskolan

    Author : Rezak Zahirovic; Scott Ekman; [2015]
    Keywords : Prehypertension; ambulatory blood pressure; Blood pressure; oscillometric blood pressureHypertension is a global disease that many effected people in developing countries is not aware of. Hypertension is linked with cardiovascular disease. Prehypertension is not a disease but if not correctly treated; it could develop into hypertension. The aim of the study was to investigate if there are any differences in circadian blood pressure between two study groups; one group with normal blood pressure and one group with prehypertension. This study was a explorative study and its design is based on measurements of blood pressure values and a questionnaire was used to help get the data collection. 51 students volunteered to have their blood pressure taken from them and out of these 51; 24 where selected into two groups of 12 each for the Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. hese 24 students would be a part of our study and an ambulatory Schiller-102 plus blood pressure monitor was used to collect the data. The prevalence of prehypertension findings in the clinical testing phase was 37% of the population. There was a variation between the groups during the day systolic but there was not a significant difference during the night.;

    Abstract : Hypertension is a global disease that many effected people in developing countries is not aware of. Hypertension is linked with cardiovascular disease. Prehypertension is not a disease but if not correctly treated, it could develop into hypertension. READ MORE