TY - JOUR JF - Ilam-University-of-Medical-Sciences JO - VL - 2 IS - 2 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/5/01 TI - Prevalence of hypertension and its association with certain demographic characteristics of blood donors in Ilam, Iran TT - N2 - Introduction: Hypertension is described as one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of hypertension is growing among developing countries. In this study, the prevalence of hypertension was studied in individuals who referred to blood transfusion center of Ilam city. Materials and methods: The present descriptive analytical study was performed based on available data. The sample files were related to 4005 cases. Blood pressure was measured by using the standard method 15 minutes after the individuals attained to blood transfusion center. Data by data were analyzed by using SPSS software and appropriate statistical tests including chi-square and ANOVA. P SP - 8 EP - 12 AU - Amraei, Mansour AU - Mohammadi, Hassan Reza AU - Taghinejad, Hamid AU - Ghobadian, Zahra AU - Shoohani, Masoumeh AU - Maleki, Farajolah AD - KW - Hypertension KW - Prevalence KW - Blood Donors UR - http://jbrms.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-111-en.html ER -