Abstract
Hypertension can have serious occupational implications for a military officer, especially for those who have specialised training and has become an essential asset to the organisation. The study aims to investigate the prevalence of hypertension among senior military officers and to determine the associated factors. We reviewed medical records of a senior officer that underwent a routine medical examination at the Military Medicine Department, Kuala Lumpur Armed Forces Hospital from January 2018 to December 2018. There were 625 officers with a majority from army 61.2% followed by navy 19.8% and air force 19.0%. The mean age of the officers was 47.4 (6.3) years, and the majority was a male officer 94.1%. The prevalence of hypertension was 8.8% (55 officers). Twenty-nine of them were known case of hypertension; meanwhile, 26 were newly diagnosed to have hypertension. Among senior officers who were known case of hypertension, nine officers have good BP controlled. There were 7.8% (49 officers) exhibited blood pressure in the range of pre-hypertension. Hypertension was significantly associated with elevated BMI (p=0.018), high serum uric acid (p=0.005) and elevated serum creatinine(p<0.001). None of the military factors, i.e. type of service, rank and responsibility was associated with hypertension. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that increasing age, high BMI, elevated fasting blood glucose and serum uric acid were significant determinants for systolic hypertension. In conclusion, the prevalence of hypertension in the senior military officer was low compared to the general population. However, they shared similar risk factors.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-264,
title = {Risk Factors Associated with Hypertension Among Malaysian Military Officers in 2018},
author = {Zulkefley Mohammad},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {Hypertension can have serious occupational implications for a military officer, especially for those who have specialised training and has become an essential asset to the organisation. The study aims to investigate the prevalence of hypertension among senior military officers and to determine the associated factors. We reviewed medical records of a senior officer that underwent a routine medical examination at the Military Medicine Department, Kuala Lumpur Armed Forces Hospital from January 2018 to December 2018. There were 625 officers with a majority from army 61.2% followed by navy 19.8% and air force 19.0%. The mean age of the officers was 47.4 (6.3) years, and the majority was a male officer 94.1%. The prevalence of hypertension was 8.8% (55 officers). Twenty-nine of them were known case of hypertension; meanwhile, 26 were newly diagnosed to have hypertension. Among senior officers who were known case of hypertension, nine officers have good BP controlled. There were 7.8% (49 officers) exhibited blood pressure in the range of pre-hypertension. Hypertension was significantly associated with elevated BMI (p=0.018), high serum uric acid (p=0.005) and elevated serum creatinine(p\<0.001). None of the military factors, i.e. type of service, rank and responsibility was associated with hypertension. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that increasing age, high BMI, elevated fasting blood glucose and serum uric acid were significant determinants for systolic hypertension. In conclusion, the prevalence of hypertension in the senior military officer was low compared to the general population. However, they shared similar risk factors.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre. Military Medicine Department, Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan. Armed Forces Health Training Institute (INSAN). Health Services Division, Malaysian Armed Forces.},
keywords = {hypertension, Military officer, prevalence, Risk Factors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}