OVERWEIGHT – OBESITY STATUS AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL TEST CHARACTERISTICS OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT VINH YEN CITY MEDICAL CENTER, VINH PHUC PROVINCE

Thị Ánh Nguyệt Bùi, Thiên Hương Bùi, Văn Trường Nguyễn, Trọng Hưng Nguyễn, Thị Hà Thu Trần, Nam Khánh Đỗ

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Objective: To describe the overweight - obesity status and some biochemical test characteristics of hypertensive patients receiving outpatient treatment at Vinh Yen City Medical Center, Vinh Phuc province in 2023-2024. Research methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 251 hypertensive patients receiving outpatient treatment at Vinh Yen City Medical Center, Vinh Phuc province. Research results: The study included a total of 251 subjects, of which 49% were male and 51% were female. The age group from 60 to 69 accounted for the highest proportion with 58.8%, followed by the age group from 70 and above accounting for 41.4%, the third was the age group from 40 to 59 accounting for 14.1% and finally the age group under 40 accounting for 1.6%. The most common comorbidities of the subjects were musculoskeletal diseases at 36.3%, followed by diabetes at 30.7%, digestive diseases at 25.1%, hepatobiliary diseases at 16.3%, respiratory and renal diseases at 12.0% and 12.4%, respectively, and finally cardiovascular diseases at 11.6%. The majority of the study subjects had pre-obesity nutritional status (48.2%), followed by the group with normal nutritional status (29.9%). The obesity rate was 21.9%, mainly level I obesity (21.1%), level II obesity accounted for only 0.8%. No subjects were recorded as underweight. 76.9% of patients had normal blood glucose, in which, the normal rate of men was 76.4%, for women it was 77.3%. Most of the patients controlled Triglyceride and Cholesterol at 79.3% and 70.1%, respectively. Conclusion: Pre-obesity and obesity still account for a high proportion of the study subjects. Solutions are needed to help patients control their nutritional status and blood pressure more effectively.

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