Analisis Hubungan Indeks Massa Tubuh (IMT) terhadap Hipertensi sebagai bagian dari Risiko Insiden Sindrom Metabolik pada Remaja Siswa SMA Islam Athirah 1 Makassar tahun 2022 = Analysis of The Effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Hypertension as part of The Risk of Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescent Students of Islamic Secondary School Athirah 1 Makassar

Background : An awful lifestyle could lead into several health issues such as obesity and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is defined as group of pathological symptoms that consists of central obesity, hypertension, hyperglycaemia, and dyslipidaemia. Abnormal accumulation and exaggerated of lipid that can cause pathological condition that may lead into several health issues is defined as obesity. Obesity could easily be recognized by counting the body mass index (BMI). There is a significant escalation of obesity rate in recent years. The increase of the prevalence impacts another consequence such as hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension in adolescent in 10 – 18 years old is estimated about 13%. Hence, in this study, we would like analyse the correlation between BMI on the incidence of hypertension in adolescent as the part of the risk of metabolic syndrome. The excuse in taking secondary school students as a subject of sample is due to the lifestyle in era of globalization. Consumption of excessive fat such as fast food has already became normal conditions for secondary school students. Unhealthy habit like that may escort an obesity that later on manifests into several health problems, example like hypertension as the part of metabolic syndrome.
Methods : This study uses primary data which is measurement of body weight, body height and blood pressure at Islamic secondary school Athirah 1 Makassar.
Results : As total of 108 students, 60,2% students have BMI that categorized as non obese and 39,8% students have BMI that categorized as obese. Basically, 48,1% from total population have normal blood pressure normal, 33,3% have prehypertension, and 18,5% others have blood pressure that categorized as hypertension. This research found out that there is a significant relation and linier correlation between BMI with systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure.
Conclusions : The second grade students of secondary school mostly have BMI and blood pressure that categorized as normal. There is a linier correlation between BMI with systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure.

Keywords : Metabolic syndrome, Hypertension, BMI, Adolescent.