TY - JOUR ID - TI - Prevalence of Hypertension among Companions of Patients Attending Out-patient Clinics in AL-Hussain Hospital, Karbala Holy City – IRAQ . AU - AL-Hilaly, K. A.* PY - 2007 VL - 1 no.3 IS - 2 SP - 211 EP - 216 JO - Karbala Journal of Medicine مجلة كربلاء الطبية SN - 19905483 29580889 AB - background: Hypertension is a common chronic disease widely distributed all over the world. Ifremains untreated it may cause end – organ damage with consequent increased morbidity andmortalityObjective: The main aim of the study is to have an idea about the distribution of the disease among adultcompanions in Al-Hussein out patient clinics.Methods: Adult companions of patients attending the outpatient clinics in AL-Hussein Hospital werestudied randomly according to information available in the data sheet designed for this purpose. Personswith past history of hypertension or newly discovered were recorded.Results : Out of the total number of persons studied (1590), (856) were males (53.8%) and (734) werefemales (46.2%), their ages range from 18 years to 82 years with a mean of (37.8). Persons who were inthe age group (18-39) years were 866 (54.5%), 40 (less than 5%) of them were hypertensives. Those whowere in the age group (40-59) were 559 (35.1%), with 171 (more than 30%) hypertensives.The third group (60 years and older) were 165 (10.4%) persons, among them 92 (nearly 56%) werehypertensives.Conclusion: Hypertension was found to be more prevalent in females than in males and the prevalent rateincreases as the age advances (p ER -