<![CDATA[Previous studies showed that most of the respondents who were hospitalized at Sawerigading Hospital, Palopo City were the elderly group, with mostly normal nutritional status and were treated with a diagnosis of hypertension. This study aims to determine the relationship of initial nutritional status with a history of hypertension in the elderly group who are hospitalized at Sawerigading Hospital, Palopo City. This research is a cross sectional study, which is a correlational study to find out whether there is a relationship between nutritional status variables and a history of hypertension in the elderly who are hospitalized. The data used is secondary data, the sample selection in this study was carried out using a purposive sampling technique with sample inclusion criteria, namely having data from anthropometric measurements, diagnoses or blood pressure measurements, and aged ≥ 60 years. The results showed that the total respondents aged ≥ 60 years were 195 people with the percentage of hypertension status mostly did not have history of hypertension 122 (62.6%) and most of them with normal nutritional status 116 people (59.5%). The results also show that there is no significant relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of hypertension in the elderly (p=0.284).]]>
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