Prevalence and Association of Obesity and Arterial Hypertension in a Moroccan Population

The aim of the study is to report the prevalence of the association of obesity and arterial hypertension as well as the epidemiological and clinical aspects in obese hypertensives in Moroccan hospitals. This was a descriptive retrospective study conducted over a period of 2 years in the cardiology department of CHU Ibn Rochd. It concerned the subjects, known hypertensives, followed in the service during the study period. 227 hypertensive patients followed during this period: 182 women (80.17%) and 45 men (19.82%), average age in both sexes of 61.12 + 13.5 years (extremes: 34 to 87 years). Systolic hypertension was most frequently.

reported. Median blood pressure was 142.03 mmHg systolic and 77.43 mmHg diastolic. Obesity was the most common risk factor associated with high blood pressure with a frequency of 39.46%. The symptom most reported by patients was dyspnea on exertion (11.01%).

Left ventricular hypertrophy was present in 10.13% of cases. This study revealed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension in obese people at the CHU Ibn Rochd in Casablanca.