Assessment of hypertension in elderly population of Peshawar university

Objective: To assess hypertension in elderly people aged 60 and above residing university campus Peshawar. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included a total of 103 above, selected from Peshawar by simple random sampling January to April 2019. Blood pressure was measured manually. Subjects with systolic blood more than 140 diastolic 90 mm Hg signs & symptoms were considered as hypertensive. Semi-structured questionnaires used collect the data. Data entered analyzed on SPSS version 20 Microsoft Excel 2013. Results: The prevalence rate population 68.0% (70/103), which contain 41.8% (43/103) stage I 26.2% (27/103) II hypertension. prevalent males females. combined mean 146.12 mmHg (SD 21.70 mmHg, 95% CI 141.92-150.31), while 89.61 14.15 86.88-92.34). Conclusion: Although geriatric is very high but major bulk undiagnosed.