Abstract

Both obesity and left ventricular hypertrophy are aetiologies associated with hypertension. Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, loss of vision, and chronic kidney disease. Present study was aimed to determine the association of BMI and LVMI among hypertensives. Material and Methods: Present study was single-center, cross sectional study, conducted in adult hypertensive patients in age group of 20-60 years attending cardiology department of our tertiary care center. Results: A total of 114 adult hypertensive participated in this study. Among the study population majority were from 61-70 years age (33.3 %) & 51-60 years age (27.2 %), were males (57 %), were overweight (49.1%), had duration of hypertension of 5 to 10 years (39.5 %) & taking regular medication (81.6 %). Mean Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) of 114 subjects was 54.5 ± 12.67 g/m²•⁷. Among the subjects 60 of them have left ventricular hypertrophy. The correlation between BMI and LVMI were analysed was found to be significant with p value < 0.05. There was a significant correlation between BMI and LVMI in male hypertensives (P value 0.010). In case of female the correlation of BMI and LVMI were not statistically significant however there was negative correlation between these. For all age groups the P value was >0.05 and there was no significant correlation, of BMI and LVMI of patients with hypertension based on age, those having hypertension between 5 and 10 years have their P value <0.05. This shows there is significant correlation. For every 1 unit increase in BMI, 0.766 unit increase in LVMI is predicted. Beta values are the standardized coefficients. Conclusion: It is documented from this study that there is significant correlation between BMI and LVMI among hypertensives.

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