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DOES FAMILY HISTORY OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (IHD), CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENTS (CVA), DIETARY PATTERN AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) HAVE ANY ROLE IN DEVELOPING SECONDARY SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION?

Adnan Gulzar, Fabiha Qayyum, Shahryar Zafer

Objective: 1.To determine the role of Family History of Hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease and Cerebral Vascular Accidents in Developing Secondary Systemic Hypertension. 2. To analyze role of Dietary Pattern and BMI in causing Secondary Systemic Hypertension Study Design: Descriptive type of cross sectional Place and duration of study: Lahore General Hospital, Mayo Hospital Lahore and DHQ Layyah, 8 months (2 August, 2017 to 2 April, 2018). Results and conclusion: There was a significantly increased incidence of hypertension in the obese subjects having positive family history of hypertension, ischemic heart disease and cerebral vascular accidents in developing secondary systemic hypertension but study documented negative results with consumption of predominantly western type of food. Keywords: Body mass index (BMI), Blood pressure (SBP and DBP), Obesity, Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Cerebral Vascular Accidents (CVA)

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