Overweight and obesity are a major medical problems of the twenty-first century. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the world are about 1.6 billion people with overweight and at least 400 million adults are obese. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of age, sex, and selected anthropometric parameters on the incidence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in patients hospitalized in the cardiology department. The study included 1188 patients aged 18 - 94 years (mean age 66.9 years, SD 13.2), including 610 men (mean age 65.9 years, SD 12.7) and 578 women (mean age 67.9 years, SD 13.7), hospitalized in the Department of Cardiology Specialist Hospital Louis Rydygier in Krakow in 2009. All patients defined age, height and weight. Based on these results calculated body mass index (BMI). All patients were collected history on the prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Then performed a statistical analysis of the incidence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus compared to sex, median age, BMI.
Results: In the study population normal blood pressure and hypertension grade 2 occurred significantly more often in men. Grade 3 hypertension occurred significantly more often in women. The median age was 67 years. In the older group occurred more frequently hypertension 2 and Grade 3. Also, diabetes mellitus was more common among older people. In obese people (BMI> 30) and overweight (BMI 25-29.99) occurred significantly more grade 3 hypertension compared to those of normal weight.
Conclusions: 1. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are more common in postmenopausal women compared to men the same age. 2. Obesity and overweight predisposes to hypertension grade 3 and diabetes mellitus.