Prevalence of Prehypertension Among Medical Students and Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 275
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- prevalence of prehypertension among graduate medical students
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Medical Students studying MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) in Andhra Medical College
- •clinically healthy
- •consent to participate in the study
排除标准
- •known cardiovascular disease
- •known hypertension
- •using antihypertensive or other cardiovascular drugs
- •using any drugs that can affect BP, weight, Blood sugar
结局指标
主要结局
prevalence of prehypertension among graduate medical students
时间窗: two weeks
the point prevalence of prehypertension at the time of survey will be estimated - as the students were examined over two weeks
次要结局
- correlation between blood pressure (Prehypertension) and BMI (obesity), Blood glucose, LDL level (dyslipidemia)(two weeks)
研究者
Ravi Venkatachelam Chitrapu
Associate Professor
Andhra Medical College