Prehypertension Among Medical Students in Visakhapatnam and Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Prevalence of Prehypertension Among Medical Students and Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01776294

Enrollment

275

Registered

2013-01-28

Start date

2009-03-31

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2013-01-28

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Conditions

Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Prehypertension

Keywords

Prehypertension, Prevalence, Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Brief summary

Student Investigator = Thakkallapalli Zeeshan Muzahid. The study aims to assess the prevalence of prehypertension among medical students of Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India and its association with other cardiovascular risk factors - overweight /obesity, diabetes, lipid profile.

Detailed description

275 medical students will be studied and a history taken and examination done with special emphasis on recording of Blood Pressure, measurement of height and weight (& Body Mass Index) and Waist Circumference in all. Glucose Tolerance Test and Fasting Lipid profile will be measured in a random selection of 30 prehypertensives and 30 normotensives.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Medical Students studying MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) in Andhra Medical College * clinically healthy * consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* known cardiovascular disease * known hypertension * using antihypertensive or other cardiovascular drugs * using any drugs that can affect BP, weight, Blood sugar

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
prevalence of prehypertension among graduate medical students	two weeks	the point prevalence of prehypertension at the time of survey will be estimated - as the students were examined over two weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
correlation between blood pressure (Prehypertension) and BMI (obesity), Blood glucose, LDL level (dyslipidemia)	two weeks	correlation of prehypertension with Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference (for overweight /obesity) smoking and blood glucose levels and lipid profile - time frame was given as two weeks as that was the period during which the students were assessed

Countries

India

Outcome results