The Relation of the Nutritional Status based on Body-Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage with Blood Pressure in Students at Medicine Faculty of Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Batch 2017
Jihan Amalia (a*), Hendri Priyadi (b), Yustian Kurniawan Pratama

a) Nutrition Department Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi, Indonesia
*jihan.amalia[at]lecture.unjani.ac.id
b) Internal Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi, Indonesia

Abstract

Over nutrition, preobesity and obesity, can happen due to imbalance between food intake and expended energy. High-calorie, high carbohydrate, high fat food intake and sedentary lifestyle can cause a person to be susceptible to over nutrition. Over nutrition can cause a number of complications including high blood pressure or hypertension. The students of The Medicine Faculty (FK) only do some light activities, therefore putting them at the risk of suffering from over nutrition and high blood pressure. The aim of this study was to comprehend the relation of the nutritional status based on Body-Mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage with blood pressure in students at Medicine Faculty of Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani (Unjani) batch 2017. This study was an analytical observational study with a cross sectional design. The subjects of this study were the students of FK Unjani batch 2017. The size of the study sample was 64 respondents drawn by simple random sampling and meeting the inclusion criteria. The bivariate analysis of the study was done with the chi-square test. The results of the study showed that 65,6% of the respondents had over nutrition based on BMI value and 73,4% had over nutrition based on body fat percentage. 32,8% of the respondents suffered from prehypertension and hypertension stage 1. The result of the study demonstrated that there was a relation between the nutrition status based on BMI and body fat percentage with blood pressure in the students of The Medicine Faculty of Unjani (p value<0,05). Over nutrition status can cause endothelial dysfunction, increasing sympathetic nerve activities, influencing body metabolism, and activating the Renin Angiotensin Aldosteron System, which can make the blood pressure rise.

Keywords: Body Mass Index, Body Fat Percentage, Blood Pressure, Nutritional Status

Topic: Public Health