PENGARUH INDEKS MASA TUBUH DAN TINGKAT AKTIVITAS TERHADAP HIPERTENSI PADA LANSIA DI POSYANDU LANSIA MEKAR ASIH

PENGARUH INDEKS MASA TUBUH DAN TINGKAT AKTIVITAS TERHADAP
HIPERTENSI PADA LANSIA DI POSYANDU LANSIA MEKAR ASIH
Marwanti*
ABSTRACT
Background: Hypertension is a deadly disease and is the third leading cause of death in
Indonesia and the many factors influencing such a lack of physical activity and body
mass index is over. The number of elderly people who have hypertension with BMI and
physical activity levels vary.
Purpose: To determine the magnitude of the effect of physical activity levels and body
mass index on the incidence of hypertension in the elderly.
Methods: The study used a quantitative design with a cross sectional approach. Bivariate
analysis using kendall tau and multivariate analysis with multiple logistic regression. The
study population was all group members IHC Mekar Sari village Pokak elderly. Large
sample using a sampling technique with total number of 43 elderly.
Results: There was a correlation between physical activity levels with hypertension
indicated P value = 0.019