Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate the prevalence of hypertension and pattern of associated Cardiovascular and Metabolic risk factors in rural people of Bangladesh.

Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out at tertiary medical college and hospital from July 2019 to June 2020. A total of 100 who screened for hypertension according to JNC-7 (systolic blood pressure e” 140mmHg and diastolic blood pressure e” 90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive medications considered for the study population. Sample were collected through purposive sampling as per inclusion criteria.

Results: During the study, newly detected cases of HTN was 10% followed by 90% were known cases, control HTN were 62%, uncontrolled HTN was 11% and 5% were systolic HTN. According to ECG, 75% had myocardial ischemia and 25% cases had old MI.50% cases belong to overweight group followed by 40% cases had normal BMI, .20% cases were under weight, 9.8% were obese. Also, strong correlation observed among IHD and raised LDL; 0.002, low LDL; 0.001, over weight; 0.002, incidence of DM; 0.001.

Conclusion: From our result we can conclude that, the decreased levels of risk variables identified in this study mean that primary preventive actions are a success. However, medical examination standards needs to be updated for detection of obesity and altered level of glycemic status and lipid profile.

Keywords: Hypertension (HTN), cardiovascular diseases, lipid profiles.

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Dr Md. Abdus Sabur Talukder

Assistant Professor (Medicine), Colonel Malek Medical College, Manikganj, Bangladesh